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Although the old Taoist doesn't seem very reliable, the Taoism of his junior brother mentioned above is really reliable.When asked about the Hailing locals coming to visit, almost no one knew about it. The locals all happily pointed to a hill not far away: "Have you seen that Qingyun Mountain? Just go up. You also specialize Why did you come here for this temple? That’s really the right thing to do, this Taoist temple is very good at dispelling disasters and exorcising evil spirits.”

The old Taoist responded with joy, and said to the little beggars: "When we find my junior brother, we will have a place to live."

After all, the three of them went up the mountain non-stop, and entered the Taoist temple as they wished, and met the experienced master Nanzhi Zhenren as they wished.

Master Nanzhi and the old man have completely opposite personalities. He is a cold-faced and reticent person. Facing the downcast brother he hasn't seen for many years, he doesn't have too many warm words. After listening to the old man's narration with a cold face, he only responded: "I see." Afterwards, a courtyard in the back mountain was arranged for the three of them to live in.

One stay is ten days, and the daily meals are provided on time. The life is much more comfortable and comfortable than during the famine in the ruined temple. Showed up one day and hasn't been seen since.He never said that he would let the veterans go, nor did he say what the future arrangement would be.

In the end, the old Taoist couldn't sit still anymore, and took the little beggar and the little man to find Master Nanzhi, and said with a smug face: "Senior Brother, Senior Brother knows that Senior Brother is in such a state of desperation, so I shouldn't come here to eat and drink , but you have also seen the situation of senior brother now, now there are only these two apprentices left, if we are allowed to leave, I have nothing to say, nothing more than starving to death on the street."

These words did not give Master Nanzhi any escape route, he glanced at the old man: "Master has long said that you are too lazy and not suitable for cultivating Taoism, and now you should also think about this ending."

The old Taoist said: "It is a famine from heaven, how can I stop it?" After a pause, he said again: "What do you mean, is that you are determined not to recognize me as a senior brother? Well, well, I will go down the mountain and go to the sea Ling, it doesn’t matter if you starve to death or freeze to death, at that time, it will become a pile of dry bones, and the friendship between you and me will just come true as you wish.”

The little beggar was a little dumbfounded when the old man played tricks.

Master Nanzhi's expression changed slightly, but it was still because the disciples around him held back, and said coldly: "When did I say to let you go, if you want to live, you can live here. .”

When the old Taoist heard this, he responded with a smile on his face, paused, and then pulled the little man and the little beggar to the real Nan Zhi: "These two are my disciples, I think you are looking at Taoist boys of the same age Quite a few, it would be better to take the two of them into the sect together, learn the Tao together, and become a junior disciple in the future, and it would not be in vain for them to follow me all the way to this place."

Zhenren Nanzhi knew that the old man was using these two little boys to fight for a place for himself, without thinking about it, he said coldly: "Senior brother's apprentice, naturally the best way is for the senior brother to take care of him personally."

The old Taoist failed to get what he wanted, so he had no choice but to give up, lowered his eyes, but just in time a small figure in front of him was a little swaying, he frowned, and stepped forward to support the limp and fainted little figure.Master Nanzhi, who took two steps away, also noticed the change here, stopped and stared at the little man's pale face: "This child..."

The old Taoist sighed: "He has been like this for some time, and it is not easy to be able to stay here. Junior brother, I beg you, I beg you, I hit the disciples because the disciples who were watching before... I am afraid that this child will also... You know a lot of people here, if you can, save this child."

Master Nanzhi looked at the little man in Lao Dao's arms, and said: "Forget it, let him follow me, I will do my best... It's just you, brother, you can do it yourself."

After saying that, he left without looking back, and never stepped into the other courtyard in the back mountain since then.

The old Taoist patted the little beggar's head: "Everyone has his own destiny. Whether the child lives or dies depends on his fate. You, please follow me first."

The little beggar watched the little man being taken away, feeling neither sad nor happy, and repeated the old saying in his heart that everyone has his own destiny.

Since then, the little beggar and the old Taoist have been living in Donglai Guanhoushan Bieyuan, and they have three meals a day. Although they are all meals with clear soup and little water, they will not die of hunger.

After getting along for a long time, the little beggar knows that the old man has good fortune-telling skills, but the old man is useless on the right path, and often goes down the mountain to set up a fortune-telling stall in Hailing City at the foot of the mountain, and buys wine and meat with the money, and lives comfortably. .The little beggar finally understood Nanzhi's contempt for the old Taoist at the beginning, but following him, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he also developed a mediocre temperament and was happy and at ease.

On the spur of the moment, the old Taoist gave the little beggar a Taoist name: "Now we are visiting in the east, so we will take the first word in this temple. I hope you will build such a huge Taoist temple in the future, and put your master and my name on it." Hanging in the temple, it is also for future generations to come to pay their respects to. The last word, let’s take the word drink. In my opinion, drinking is the most joyful sight in the world. I hope you will drink happily when you have wine in the future, and happily when you have money. How about flowers?"

The little beggar murmured: "Drinking in the East?" He smiled again, took the wine pot from the old Taoist, took two big gulps, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile, "Drinking for pleasure is fine, but building a Taoist temple But it’s really meaningless, it’s not as good as the current life, what do you want to do, isn’t it good?”

The old Taoist also laughed: "It seems that the hope of being a teacher is about to be paid by mistake."

Occasionally, when the old Taoist is not drunk, he will teach Xi Dongyin some Taoism and morality. At the beginning, Dongyin found it fresh and followed it seriously, but slowly, he felt that it was very bitter, so he abandoned it. turn.

The days are muddleheaded, flustered and absurdly slow, and nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.Dong Yin has grown from a scruffy little beggar to a chic and unrestrained appearance; Lao Dao has changed from a sloppy and absurd old Dao to a cold corpse in the coffin.

That night, the old man was drunk and went up the mountain, staggered unsteadily, and rolled down the cliff he had climbed with great difficulty, and never got up again.Dong Yin waited for the old Taoist in the room all night without success, and he didn't think much about it. Who would have expected that the goodbye would be a corpse carried up by the Taoist in Donglai Temple.

Dong Yin looked at the old Taoist, he was still wearing Larry's sloppy priestly robe, the corners of his mouth were still upturned, as if he was smiling in a daze after drinking too much wine every day, but his face was pale.

Dong Yin thought to himself, the old Taoist died under his favorite wine, it was a worthy death.There is not much sadness in my heart, what comes to my mind is the phrase "Everyone has his own life" that the old Taoist often said to himself.

Dong Yin bowed to the master for the last time, and said in a low voice: "You shouldn't be a Taoist priest. May you be reincarnated as a child of a wealthy family in the next life. How nice it is to live a life of drinking and having fun."

After finishing speaking, Dong Yin turned his head and entered the room under the surprise of the audience.

The fate between people has always been broken, and no signs can be tolerated. Dong Yin has seen it clearly since he was a child, so he has learned not to take anything to heart, not to be happy with things, not to be sad with himself, and to be willful. and live...