I preached in the Six Dynasties

Chapter 2
In Jeju Prefecture, Shandong Province, the weather is hot.

At dusk, the sun was finally willing to go down the mountain, and the earth, which had been baked for a whole day, only blew a little cool breeze.

The afterglow is like a colorful practice, dyeing the clouds in the sky red. Two rivers meet at a bay, surrounded by lush water and grass, and there is a big red leaf tree. The shade of the tree is a good place to cool off.

Li Yu lay comfortably on the green grass with his arms as a pillow, with a straw in his mouth, staring blankly at the sky.

This world is full of vitality, the air is filled with the fresh aroma of grass, trees and soil, without any smell of steel and concrete, the sky is so clear, and every night is full of stars.

There was a gurgling sound from his stomach, and Li Yucai straightened up like a carp, got up and came to the river.

Carefully pulling up the fishing net by the river, Li Yu frowned slightly as he looked at a few lively small herrings. The fish in this river were getting smaller and smaller.

I caught the small fish one by one from the fishing net into the small bucket, and when I touched the fish with my palm, I felt a cool and smooth feeling, which lifted Li Yu's spirit after a hot day.

"It's so small, how can I touch it. The water flows slowly."

Throwing the three smallest fry back into the river, Li Yu went upstream to fetch a corner of clear water, stretched his waist and walked back.

He has been familiar with this path for a long time, and he can go back with his eyes closed. After a while, he arrives outside a fenced yard. The chaimen looks a bit shabby. There are a few willow branches stuck in the door, which are limp and drooping after being exposed to the sun all day.

This hut is on a remote edge, you say it is remote, it is not far from the town, you say it is not remote, and there are no neighbors around.

Open the door and go in. Some vegetables are planted on both sides, there is a path in the middle, and there is a simple grape trellis under the east wall.

On the small bamboo chair under the grape arbor, an old man was sitting, dozing off with his eyes closed.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the old man moved his ears, and said without blinking his eyelids: "Going to catch fish again, what a rotten wood."

"Rotten wood cannot be carved. If I don't catch fish, we will starve to death."

"The mud can't help you."

"Go to the wall, that's fine, it's not easy to talk, but my temper is rising every day."

The stubborn old man in front of him, with a slightly hunched back, was leaning on the bamboo chair with a slight bend, his skin was shriveled and wrinkled, and the words "retired and dying" are the most suitable words to describe him.At this moment, the old man looked like he hated iron for being weak, shaking the cattail fan in his hand vigorously, but couldn't say a word.

Li Yu was used to it a long time ago, and he didn't bother to learn as much as him. Humming a tune, he walked to the small stove under the hut, and skillfully picked up the knife on the chopping board.

After hearing the sound of the broken cutter, a few strands of ginger were as thin as hair, Li Yu nodded with satisfaction, took out a small bottle from his arms, and sprinkled some salt into the earthen pot on the small clay stove.

The torches in front of him had been used up, Li Yu shook his head, twisted his fingers lightly, and the firewood had been ignited in a blink of an eye.

The old man just glanced at him sideways, just in time to see, his cloudy eyes brightened, and his eyes on the young man also became complicated.

This kid is highly talented, far surpassing himself. I taught him the fire-igniting technique just now, and he was already more proficient in using it the next day.The movements are clean and neat, without sloppiness at all, and you can't even find it if you don't look carefully.

It's a pity that he has no ambitions and is too greedy for comfort. This talent is wasted on him.Every time I think of this, the old man's heart aches.

Because of the plague and bandit ravages nearby, many people fled their hometowns. This hut was originally an abandoned land without an owner, but he kept it clean and tidy, even a bit like a reclusive sage. .

Li Yu concentrated on making the fish soup. First, he put the small stones picked up in the spring water into clay pots and boiled them, so that the fish soup had the fragrance of spring water.

After closing the lid, Li Yu took out the artemisia annua and bracken that were dug up today from the bag, washed them and prepared to eat them raw with dipping sauce.

After a while, Li Yu took a sip with a wooden spoon. The fish soup was delicious. He filled a bowl and brought it to the old man. He took out the wooden spoon from a basket under the bamboo chair.

"Old man Zhang, eat, be careful of fishbone."

Although he taught Li Yu many skills, old man Zhang never accepted Li Yu as his apprentice. In his words, because Li Yu did not have the compassion to help the world and the common people, he was not worthy to be his heir.

"Sin, sin! You are so good at alchemy and talisman, but you only know how to hide in this rural mountain forest to avoid disaster!"

Li Yu is full of disapproval, just relying on this heresy, is he going to save all living beings?
"You like helping the common people so much, why did the common people break your legs?"

Li Yu's mouth was like a knife, but he didn't hurt old man Zhang, he just sighed leisurely: "That's because the common people were deceived by the demon monk, they are also poor people."

When he is not in a hurry, he does not stutter.Speaking of these past events, he can feel peaceful. This is what Li Yu admires the most about the old man.

Old man Zhang's school is very special, requiring his disciples to travel around the world after completing their studies. When they arrived at Qingzhou Mansion, they encountered a plague.The people around them were empty, and the horror of despair pervaded the land. The rest of the people could only place their hopes on the temples they had worshiped for generations.

It's a pity that the monks closed the mountain gate tightly. They had enough food and made up their minds to survive the plague.

At this time, old man Zhang came, and he sprinkled talisman water to cure the disease. The plague gradually improved, and the sick people who were waiting to die also gradually recovered.

The people are naturally thankful, Taoist Zhang wanted to leave, but a news spread, saying that this plague killed Taoist Zhang, so he had the rescue talisman, in order to earn money from the people .

The angry people surrounded Taoist Zhang and beat them. They vented all the grievances brought about by the plague on Taoist Zhang, and turned their heads to continue to worship those great monks.

Zhang Daoshi used a talisman to protect his heart, and escaped by feigning death, but his leg was also broken, and more than half of his veins were broken.Only one arm of the four limbs can move, and half of the body hangs like a shrimp man all day long.

Li Yu, who came across, happened to meet him in the wild and saved the old man's life.Both of them are helpless, so they support each other so far.

Old man Zhang taught him some skills, and Li Yu learned them very seriously, but he didn't listen to a word of the kindness he wanted to instill.

"If you ask me, this is the way of the world. People are deceived by others when they are kind. If this kind of thing of repaying kindness and revenge is placed on me, even if I die, I will have revenge!"

The old man hesitated to speak, and after a while, he lowered his head and drank the soup.

"Have you ever thought about getting out of here?"

Li Yu froze for a moment, then asked, "Where are you going?"

"You kid, do I ask you, or do you ask me?"

Li Yu smiled, but did not answer. He lowered his head and cleaned up the dishes, and wiped his forehead. The sky was not yet dark in the distance, and the moon had already risen.

This world is not as simple as imagined, and the old Zhangtou has almost learned his skills, and it can even be said that he is better than the blue.

The old man has traveled all over the world, wandering around for half his life, and has seen a lot.From what he said, Li Yu roughly understood this world, where six countries stand side by side, and all the familiar names in the original time and space really existed, and they were too strong.

The capital of an ordinary small town can easily split a tiger and leopard and kill a person in one step.Not to mention those powerful men who are famous all over the world.
Compared with them, my skills in seal and water talisman can only be the light of a firefly, not worth mentioning.

"Go to sleep, old man, tomorrow I have to go to the county to sell a few amulets and add some tea, rice, oil and salt."

"Amulet? Another deceptive thing."

"It's not cheating. They buy amulets for peace of mind. It's the same as going to temples to burn incense. Money is spent for comfort. Psychology is mysterious and mysterious. Can it be called cheating?"

"wait"

The old man talked too much today, Li Yu squinted at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You say the morals of the world are unfair, so what do you think is fairness and what is the way?"

Li Yu blurted out: "Fairness means fairness and not being bullied. Dao is the means by which I can get revenge when I am bullied."

While Li Yu was speaking, he pinched a flame with his fingers and hit it in the air, instantly cremating a buzzing fly.

"This is the way."

The old man was a little confused. This kid turned the exorcism technique he taught him into a killing technique.
Old man Zhang tilted his body and leaned on the bamboo chair, picked up the broken cattail fan that had been worn smooth and cold by him, and fanned it one after another, "Wrong, the public is the world for the public, just like the Huangdi's old man." The world is a world of peace. In this world of peace, there is neither oppression and goodness, nor cheating and stealing. The world is one of the public. And what about Tao? Inaction is self-transformation, quiet and self-righteous, it is the beginning of heaven and earth, and the mother of all things. Yes."

No wonder your school is so declining, you are not very capable, but you have the world in your heart
"If you want me to say, as much ability as you have, you have to put in as much heart as possible. The so-called goodness can help the world, and poverty can help the world alone. Do you think this is the truth?"

Old man Zhang shook his head. No one, old or young, could convince anyone, so he didn't waste his words at all.

(End of this chapter)