the enlightener says

"Beautiful!" Gao Yishui and Cai Yan clapped their hands in private, and he stretched out his thumb, "As expected of Cai Yong's daughter of that old fox, she has such a tonality in lying, I will learn from you."

Cai Yan was like a proud peacock, she didn't mind at all that Gao Yishui compared her father to an "old fox", instead she smiled slyly and said, "I'm so proud of this, how can I miss such an interesting thing."

Qin Ke looked at the two of them helplessly, thinking that he would become Li Ke all of a sudden, and return Mu Hou Ye's illegitimate son?Pooh!Is this guy fat or thin, beautiful or ugly?Why did I let a stranger take advantage of me for nothing?

But Gao Yishui and Cai Yan obviously had much more confidence than him. They talked in a low voice, their eyes lit up from time to time, and they nodded repeatedly. If Qin Ke didn't know their temperament, he would have thought they were holding back some conspiracy.

Daotong walked in front, carrying a basket of herbs on his back, inside which was a medicine hoe that had become obsolete over the years. Judging by the way he walked, it seemed that he didn't have much energy and blood, and naturally he didn't have such a strong hearing. I heard Qin Ke and the others whispering.

There was a breeze blowing, he felt the spicy fragrance of the grass in the deep forest, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are lucky, the master should be nearby."

Cai Yan blinked curiously and said, "How do you know?"

Dao Tong lowered his head and pointed out that it was a pile of cow dung on the ground, which looked fresh and not completely dry, and some undigested grass fibers were revealed in the cracks.

He smiled and said: "Seeing this, I understand. Wherever the master goes, he likes to ride his old green bull. There are many ferocious beasts in this mountain, but when it comes to cows that can move around at will, only Master and his green bull."

Judging the whereabouts of your master by relying on cow dung?

Qin Ke twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this is really the best way, if he can find his master along the cow dung, it would be a pity.

Of course, this was just a random thought that flashed through his mind.

But at this moment, Xiao Hei, who had been quietly lying on his shoulder, suddenly let out a sharp cry.

Qin Ke was startled, turned his head away, and saw that Xiao Hei was no longer as calm as usual.

It bent its back, its limbs were as tense as a bowstring, and there was some blood in its eyes. As he opened his mouth, the sharp voice sizzled and directed in one direction, as if he was threatening something. .

Even his claws protruded with sharp claws like hooks. These claws were like small needles that pierced into his clothes and the skin on his shoulders, causing some tiny bruises. pain.

Since I met Xiao Hei, I have rarely seen him be so furious. This kind of thing has happened twice since I was born.The last time was in the Taishi Bureau, facing the old man's actions to him, he was angry and wanted to rush up and take a bite. Although Qin Ke could no longer perceive the outside situation because of the pain, but with the strength of the old man, Xiao Hei naturally didn't succeed.

But this time, it was a little different from the last time. This time, Xiao Hei was obviously more vigilant, and in this vigilance, there was a bit of fear hidden, as if what was about to come was someone or something worthy of awe. .

There was a low mooing sound from the woods, and it appeared to be at ease in the breeze, and the figure of a green cow appeared far behind a big tree.

The bony back shows some outlines of bones, and the bluish-black fur is no longer as smooth and beautiful as that of a mature man. There are a lot of wear and tear on the horns, maybe because of fighting, or maybe because of old age, the horns are brittle and bumpy It shatters on impact.

It is very old, with a pair of bull's eyes with a light that seems to be able to cross the vicissitudes of life. It is suspected that this is not a cow, but an old man who has lived for thousands of years.

Its movements were unhurried, as if the passage of time was just a fleeting moment for it, and it chewed some green grass in its mouth, walking slowly and bored.

When Daotong saw Qingniu, his face was overjoyed, he quickly stepped up and stroked Qingniu's head, Qingniu's ears trembled, but he didn't avoid his stroking, just continued to chew.

"Master."

"Uncle?" Qin Ke and Cai Yan, who were comforting Xiao Hei, looked at each other, but one thought it was a bit strange, while the other thought it was very interesting, recognizing a cow as uncle?Is it the only one in this world?

Of course, it was impossible for Qingniu to suddenly turn into a human and speak at this moment, but he seemed to understand Daotong's words, and mooed calmly and in a low voice.

"Where's Master?" Daotong asked again.

Qingniu lowered its huge bull head, thought for a while, Qin Ke even saw a bit of boredom and disgust in his eyes, it shook its huge bull head, and walked towards a tree in anger like a child Go, then lay down, chewing the grass in his mouth, the depth in his eyes gradually faded, and he became as dull and lifeless as an ordinary cow.

Xiao Hei was still on Qin Ke's shoulder, his posture vigilant, as if he was facing an enemy.Qin Ke looked at it and whispered, "Quiet...quiet, I'm not interested in you."

But having said that, Xiao Hei's uniqueness has gradually been known to Qin Ke. Even if it is a fierce horse, it is like an angry little daughter-in-law in front of Xiao Hei who dare not take a deep breath, but now facing this cow With such an attitude, this cow must be extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Qin Ke believed even more that the cow's "junior brother" must not be a simple person.

That's right, the person who can give things to the Tang Palace for "safekeeping", even if he is his descendant, is he an ordinary person?

Qingniu couldn't see Xiao Hei at all, or in other words, even if he saw it, it wasn't worth spending more time on it.

Daotong looked at Qingniu's appearance, and gave a wry smile helplessly, thinking that the master and uncle probably had a quarrel again, they were old friends who didn't know how many years, but they were so childish at every turn, really Very interesting.

Chapter 316 The Old Man

However, even though Dao was young, he was already used to the delicate relationship between master and uncle—anyway, they would walk together in the mountains again in a few days, talking about everything.Even though the scenery of Funiu Mountain is beautiful, after so many years, it is estimated that it has long been tired of looking at it. The only one who can talk is the other party, except myself, who is busy in the tea shop all day long.

He turned his head, smiled shyly at the crowd, and said, "It's okay, since Qingniu is here, Master won't be too far away, where should I hide and sleep?"

Gao Yishui said with a bright smile: "From this point of view, your master is a wonderful person."

Daotong grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth: "Master, he is quite an interesting old man, but... he sometimes does some amazing things, please don't be offended."

"How amazing?" Gao Yishui rolled his eyes, but he glanced at Cai Yan, who was also shining, and laughed dumbfounded-this is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If Ah Ke is really interested in her, he will come After a lot of tossing.

Daotong thought for a while, and smiled wryly: "It's hard to say, my master's thinking is always different from most people in this world, and those barbarians also said that every time my master looked up at the sky, he was talking to the gods in the sky..."

Qin Ke couldn't help laughing and said, "Talk to the gods? Could it be the archer with the dog engraved on their longbow?"

"Then I can't tell." Daotong shook his head, and said with a pure face on his face: "But my master once said that Taoism emphasizes on cultivating the heart, regardless of worshiping gods and Buddhas. Wisdom, rather than really begging for their pity. What if the incense smoke can float for nine days? The water in this world is not flowing, and the days are passing day by day, how can it be reversed?"

Abu admired slightly: "The teacher also said such a truth in the lecture." When he mentioned the teacher, he was referring to Zhuge Wanling. Every word is engraved in the heart.

Walking out of the forest, the edge is a wide valley with lush trees, and the master Daotong said is squatting in front of a smooth big bluestone on the steep cliff.

Qin Ke's eyes drifted over naturally, but what he saw was not the stalwart body that Batum kept describing along the way.

The one squatting over there... no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary old man.

The old man's hair bun also looked a bit messy, but it was coiled carelessly with a branch with new leaves. The green leaves trembled slightly in the wind, and it was the most refined thing on his body.

Just his movements...

The old man was facing them, squatting there as if he was "giving respect", and his eyes were round and staring at the big smooth and bright bluestone, like a stupid goose...

Qin Ke moved his eyes down, and found that the old man was still barefoot. It was autumn, and it was this cold mountain. He just stepped on the rocks like this, as if the cold mountain wind was still not as good as he saw in front of him. Bluestone is important.

"Is this the so-called... messenger of the gods in those barbarians' hearts?" Gao Yishui looked at the old man with "undecent posture" with a suppressed smile.

Cai Yan couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Then what kind of god is he? Frog God?"

"Maybe it's out of respect." Gao Yishui still couldn't help laughing, but he also noticed a detail——

That is in such a mountain, stepping on such a rock, the old man's bare feet are as clean as jade, spotless, he dares to gamble with his life, this old man must not be a simple person.

Daotong ran over dumbfounded, and the dishes and wine jars in the basket in his hand made a crisp knocking sound as he ran and jumped. He shouted, "Master, what are you doing?"

The old man seemed to have never heard of it, and he still squatted in such an ugly posture, looking at the blue stone, as if he was comparing with the blue stone, who is really a stone.

Daotong yelled twice, but got no response, stretched out a hand strangely, and put it on the old man's shoulder, his voice had become confused: "Master?"

The old man just fell down without warning, like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

Everyone was shocked, even Gao Yishui, who had seen strong wind and waves, trembled all over for a while, and gasped when he saw the old man who suddenly fell to the side.

This old man has white hair, and he looks quite old, but his cheeks are rosy, and his exposing hands and feet are also fair and delicate. How could it be that when they came, he would be near the end of his life?

Qin Ke shrank his pupils sharply, and stepped forward a few steps to find out. If the old man is really at the end of his life at this time, does it mean that he wants to find the master's clues, and he will be cut off here?

But Daotong was calm, instead he had an expression of "as expected".

Just when Qin Ke walked in front of the old man, he heard a slight snoring sound, like the low sound of insects...

"It turned out to be asleep?" Qin Ke looked at the old man dumbfounded.

The old man who fell down closed his eyes and stretched his arms and legs, but he didn't realize that the ground was wet and cold, and it was more stable than that piece of bluestone. After a few breaths, the snoring became louder.

Dao Tong looked at Qin Ke in embarrassment, and said: "This... I told you before, my master will always do something amazing..."

"This isn't amazing, it's simply frightening." Qin Ke let out a long breath, and the stone that had just been hanging in his heart fell to the ground, but he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Dao Tong apologized somewhat, "I'm sorry."

"Then what should we do now." Several people leaned over, only Cai Yan squatted down, looked at the old man's sleeping posture curiously, and picked up a branch and stabbed the old man's waist, as if he felt something, Sleeping The old man in the middle stretched out a hand and scratched it.

His actions made Cai Yan couldn't help giggling, and wanted to scratch the old man's nose with a branch.

Qin Ke hurried over and grabbed the branch in Cai Yan's hand, and signaled with his eyes that his apprentice should stand beside him, don't be so presumptuous, and said: "He is an old man, he must be more respectful."

Cai Yan rolled his eyes, and whispered: "You also said that you are an old man, the ground is so cold, I just poked him to wake him up, and told him to move the ground quickly."

"..."

Of course Daotong saw Cai Yan's movements, but he didn't say much, just said helplessly: "You want to wake up my master...I'm afraid it's difficult, my master is a weird person, sleep when you say sleep, wake up when you say wake up, sleep When he was sleeping, he would not be able to wake up even if there was thunder in the sky, but sometimes when I came over with wine and food, he might wake up suddenly, eating and drinking as if nothing happened."

"Interesting." Gao Yishui was a rascal, he took off the guqin on his back and held it in his hands, gestured twice as if he was thinking whether to hit his legs or his head, and said with a smile: "Or I will give you this Master, come here? He will definitely wake up if he hurts."

He wasn't lying, judging by his appearance, he really planned to smash it for a try, and even weighed his guqin in advance, as if he was trying to see if the weight was enough.

Cai Yan is a person who doesn't think things are serious when watching the excitement, and her keen eyes have already seen the difference in the old man like Gao Yishui. She believes that this clapper will not beat people out of good or bad, and she is also by the side Clap your hands.

Instead, Abu stood up and stopped him, saying: "What are you doing, this is an old man..."

"Zhang? My surname is not Zhang." A voice came, and everyone saw the old man turn over and stand up. His eyes suddenly opened, and there was a deep, magnificent, and star-like light in his pupils, but soon The convergence is bleak.

Only black and white are left.

The old man stretched his waist and let out a comfortable hum: "I do remember that the bastard in the village down the mountain called Lao Zhang, and he gave me short money every time."

"Master, you're awake." Daotong said in surprise.

The old man glanced at Daotong without saying a word, and then looked at the guqin hanging above his head. Gao Yishui was holding his arms in the air.

He muttered, "Hey, what a fucking good piece of wood!"

There was no embarrassment on Gao Yishui's face, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Master, can you recognize the wood I use for this guqin?"

Chapter 317 Butterfly

"Is it the fallen branch of the sacred tree under the sea of ​​the vault?" The old man yawned and rolled his eyes again, "The wood is good, but the workmanship is a bit poor, but I know a carpenter who is skilled good."

"Is there a sacred tree under the sea of ​​the vault?" Qin Ke asked in a low voice.

Although Cai Yan did not travel around, he had read quite a few travel notes, so he replied without hesitation: "It is said that fishermen who picked pearls discovered it. Under the sea of ​​vaults, there is a towering giant tree, which can only grow fingernails in ten years. So high."

Gao Yishui pulled Qin Ke's sleeve with one hand to signal him not to speak, and smiled along the pole: "Really, I made this guqin by myself, and the craftsmanship is not good. If the Taoist priest knows a good carpenter who can make a piano from this , you can introduce it to me."

"Taoist? I'm not a Taoist." The old man muttered to himself. He looked at Daotong again and asked, "Have I ever been a Taoist?"

Daotong smiled wryly, "Master, I'm only 12 years old this year."

"Oh." The old man nodded, "Then you probably don't know."

Although he did not wear a taoist robe, but a simple mended cotton shirt, his apprentice was indeed dressed as a taoist boy.

"Master, are you sleepy?" Daotong asked while helping him up.

The old man looked at the food and wine in the basket, stretched out his hand, took the wine jar, took a sip boldly, and laughed loudly: "It's good to be confused, it's good to be confused."

Daotong squeezed Master's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Master, these people came here specially to find you, they should be from the Li family, and they brought silk books."

"The fart of the Li family." The old man's eyes were meaningful, and he said, "If anyone among them has the surname Li, then I am Li Yuan!"

Li Yuan, this is the name of the first ruler of the Tang Kingdom. Funiu Mountain is within the boundaries of the Tang Kingdom. If the people here are not sparsely populated, it is in Ding'an City. If the old man said this, he would be arrested by the government and thrown away Go to prison.

"Where are the silk books..." The old man lazily looked at Qin Ke and the others.

Qin Ke was still in a daze, but the old man had already stared at him.

Qin Ke was startled by this stare, and after realizing it, he quickly took out the silk book from his arms, "Here it is."

The old man stretched out a hand and took the silk book without looking at it. He just threw it into the valley before Qin Ke could stop it.

The mountain wind howled, and a few flimsy silk scripts flew in the air, and in a blink of an eye they floated into the sea of ​​clouds in the valley.

"you……"

"This is something out of date." The old man said lightly, "I know all about the above... As for what you want, it is no longer with me."

The old man put his hands behind his head and squinted his eyes to look at the sun in the sky. This was the first time he had basked in the sun and slept lazily, but he never seemed to get bored.

Qin Ke was about to ask a question, but the old man suddenly turned his face, looked at Qin Ke with a grin, and said, "However, I do know where it is and whose hands it is in."

"Whose hand?" Qin Ke couldn't help but ask.

The old man looked straight at Gao Yishui, then looked at the piano in his hand, Gao Yishui suddenly understood, showing a flattering expression, he approached the old man, said: "Old man, you tell him, I will play for you, don't tell me One song, ten songs will do!"

The old man laughed loudly, and patted Gao Yishui on the shoulder: "Young man, I think you are the most discerning among them! Come, come, don't waste your time!"

Gao Yishui signaled Qin Ke to be calm and not to be impatient, and sat down with his legs bent, and played a song with his hands, but it made Qin Ke and Abu change their faces all of a sudden.

Abu's face was red with embarrassment, while Qin Ke growled angrily: "This bastard is shameless!"

Of course, the two of them are not regular customers of brothels, but when Gao Yi Shui is not serious, he often likes to play this piece of music, and the two of them are very familiar with each other.

In the caravan that came to Tang country back then, every time he flicked the ball, many men would give him tacit looks, but Qin Ke who was sitting next to him wished he could stay away from him.

"Don't pretend to be an old man, you really haven't heard this song..." The old man glanced at him, without hiding anything, and directly pointed out Gao Yishui's little trick.

Gao Yishui looked at the old man, and said hesitantly: "I also know that you must not be a serious cultivator..." But while speaking, his hands were already flying, and it was originally a well-known Goulan song. At this moment, it suddenly changed its shape. For a while, it was quiet like a high mountain, and for a while, it was like a deep valley.