The old ancestor's painting style is always wrong

The westerly wind is bitter, the sound of horseshoes is broken, the yellow sand is rolling,...

The sharp saber reflected the white and cold light, drank enough human blood, deftly parried in the big rough hands, and cut off the heads of those cowardly merchants. The owner of the saber laughed wildly, holding his crotch The horse gallops in the caravan, hooves up, and then steps on the back of the kneeling man begging for mercy.

Crying, begging for help, praying, struggling and resisting voices seemed to be stuffed in a sealed jar, and the gods flawlessly heard such begging for help, and no one would know their life or death...

At this moment, a man came out on foot from behind the sand dunes in the distance. The leader of the horse thief with good eyesight saw Zhang Kuang and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, don't come late, come when I open, my son Ladies, catch them!" As he spoke, he rushed over immediately.

Originally, it was common for horses to run to death in the desert. The horse thief didn't know if he was dizzy with joy, and he didn't realize the strangeness of rushing to the sand dunes so quickly.He rushed over and saw a fair and handsome young man. The most pleasing thing was that the man on his back was even more handsome. Looking at it made people angry, and when the time came to sell them together, there would be a good deal. Price!

He raised his sharp saber, intending to scare him and let him surrender automatically, so as not to ruin his appearance, he shouted: "You two little boys, be good and don't move around. Go enjoy the blessing with the master."

Hearing this, the carried person trembled with laughter, and said, "Azhi, Azhi, this is the first time I've been molested, what about you?"

Hearing this, the young man in front of him had a strange expression on his face, and said: "No one has done this yet." He pointed like a sword, and a sword aura pierced through the horse thief's eyebrows.The big man froze in place all of a sudden, then fell off his horse, and was trampled twice by the frightened horse.

This young man, naturally Zhang Zhihe, sighed and said, "Be a good person in your next life."

Those minions in the back ran to the front and saw that the boss died for no reason, but they were a little courageous. They raised their sabers and were about to charge forward. Naturally, Zhang Zhihe would not be afraid of these mortals. There will be no guilt.

Even though he was carrying a grown man on his back, he approached calmly, his footwork was elegant, like a butterfly piercing flowers, but no one could get close to him, he raised his hand with a sword aura, and soon knocked down all the horse thieves under their horses.

Seeing this scene, the merchants subdued by the horse thieves grew courageous and struggled more violently. They even grabbed their sabers and killed several horse thieves who were still guarding them.

When Zhang Zhihe came to the front, those merchants actually dealt with the rest of the horse thieves, an elderly man who looked to be of some age knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Diba thanked the immortal master for saving him."

Zhang Zhihe hurriedly said: "Old man, you are being polite."

The scene was very tragic, with people's heads rolling around like gourds, and the strong smell of blood made people want to vomit. The old and weak women and children sang an ancient dirge while cleaning up the corpses of their companions. It sounds good, but it's gloomy and desolate, and a few people even cried and sang, and their voices became hoarse.

Zhang Zhihe was listening and watching, and a thought came into his heart, if I hadn't been saved by Master, I'm afraid I would be like them, unable to control my own life and death, so my Dao heart became more determined.

Diba packed up some gold and silver things, bowed his waist and sent them, Zhang Zhihe hurriedly said: "No need, the two of us lost our way, and we just wanted to ask how to go to Shuofang?"

Diba said with a smile: "This is a coincidence. To tell you the truth, I will go to Shuofang to do business. If the immortal master doesn't mind, how about going on the road together?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhihe said happily, "Thank you for that." The days of being unable to find a way in the desert are too scary, even practitioners are also afraid.

Shen Zhongyu rubbed back and forth on his back with a muffled smile, hahahaha, it was clear that he didn't know his way, although Zhang Zhihe didn't hear his laughter, but he could feel the heat behind him, probably from the heat of laughter It's all on my back, I don't know if there's even saliva on it.

Diba asked again: "Dare to ask, what are the names of the two immortal masters?"

"The impoverished Zhang Zhihe."

"Shen Zhongyu, a poor man."

Diba hurriedly said a few words of happiness, and then ordered someone to lead two camels to walk with them, saying: "The horse thief raises a good horse, there must be an oasis nearby, and then invite the Taoist priest to eat."

"The old man is too polite." Zhang Zhihe said while helping Shen Zhongyu to sit on the camel.Shen Zhongyu got on the camel, and also bowed to Diba and said: "The old man is familiar with the road, please take care of me."

Diba is indeed an old businessman who is used to walking. After the caravan regrouped and started walking for half a day, it did see a touch of green in the sky. The camel sniffed its nose vigorously in the air and let out a loud cry, like shouting It was like a chant, but he started to trot.

In a short while, the touch of green on the horizon became the Populus euphratica forest and Shaguai jujube within reach, as well as a pool of clear water that was so full that it was about to overflow the shore.

They were all old businessmen, except for some young ones who rushed over, plunged into the water and ate a mouthful of sand, and the others arranged for the animals to drink water, and only then did the water bags catch the water to share.While singing, the women laid out a few dusty blankets under the Populus euphratica forest, and began to boil water for dinner.

In the midst of being busy, Diba did not forget to ask his daughter to invite Shen and Zhang to sit on the blanket under the Populus euphratica forest, and serve wine mixed with honey.

Zhang Zhihe took two sips, feeling sweet, and remembered Shen Zhongyu's box of desserts, couldn't help but smile.

Shen Zhongyu drank most of it, put down the wine bowl, and said, "Old man is too polite. Just do what you want."

When Diba heard this, his face was slightly embarrassed, and he said: "Nothing is more important than entertaining distinguished guests."

"Don't talk about it, our brothers are like idle clouds and wild cranes. I don't need to be so polite, otherwise you and I will be in trouble."

Diba smiled, made two more toasts, and then said: "This place is remote, I will take my sons to hunt two wild animals and come back for dinner."

Zhang Zhihe felt that the tone was wrong, and was about to speak when Shen Zhongyu held him down.Shen Zhongyu said: "Old man, please go, our brothers have been bigu for many years, so there is no need."

"The diet is rough, so I dare not offer it." Diba said, and retreated respectfully.

Zhang Zhihe waited for him to go far away, looked at Shen Zhongyu, and said, "He lied." "No." "He wasn't talking about some beast, but something else." Zhang Zhihe said seriously.

"Oh, my Daoist Zhang, you know that revenge in the desert is a very normal thing, you want to take care of it?" Shen Zhongyu said with a half-smile.

Zhang Zhihe looked over there, and the women were smilingly arranging the clothes and weapons of the men, watching their own men mount their horses and wield their knives. Diba also changed from his humble appearance just now, looking majestic and calm, and rode his horse in the assembled cavalry. Li patrolled around, waved his hand, and led everyone away.He let out a breath of foul breath slowly, and said, "I can't control it." People who have never personally experienced a knife wound cannot say forgiveness, and Zhang Zhihe still understands this.

"That's right, I'm only cultivating myself and not saving others in my practice, otherwise I would be considered possessed." Shen Zhongyu squinted her eyes to avoid the sunlight cast from the treetops.

"Speaking of which, it's so useless for me to cultivate immortals."

"It's fine if it's useless. If it's useful, it should be a god, not a fairy."

"Nowadays I have a big tree, and I worry about its uselessness. Why don't you tree it in a country where there is nothing, in a vast field, wandering around with nothing on its side, carefree like sleeping under it. If you don't want to grow an axe, nothing harms you. What can be used, what is safe is hard." Zhang Zhihe suddenly remembered this sentence, it was originally a classic, and he didn't realize it when he recited it in the past, but now he knows the true meaning.

After hearing this, Shen Zhongyu replied: "A big place has no corners, a big sound has no sound, a big image has no form, and a big weapon cannot be made."

When the two finished talking, they actually laughed at each other.Shen Zhongyu smiled for a while, then lay back and said, "You also come and lie down for a while."

The author has something to say: Whether this sentence in the "Tao Te Ching" is "a great weapon avoids success" or "a great talent is a late bloomer", I am inclined to avoid success, because Laozi's thinking is inaction, and it corresponds to the previous article.