That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 21

After Xu Beiyou climbed to the third rank, the three of them went all the way to the vicinity of Dunhuang, the capital of Xiliang Prefecture, without incident. The sky was getting dark, so the three of them spent the night on a high loess slope. It was summer, and the night was as cool as water. It's not too much trouble for the sky to be covered by the earth.

The old man got a pot of snake gall wine from nowhere, and the faint blue wine exudes the color of colorful glass like a dream under the moonlight. He sits on a towering rock and serves the wine with a sky full of stars. He showed a wanton demeanor of a fairy, which made Xu Beiyou who was on the side envious.

Don't drink too much snake gall wine, if you drink too much, the body of ordinary people will not be able to bear it, but the elderly don't have this concern, after a while, the jug will be empty.

The old man tasted the aftertaste of the snake gall wine in his mouth, narrowed his eyes slightly, and remembered an old incident more than ten years ago.

In fact, as early as the first time he met Xu Beiyou, he wanted to take Xu Beiyou away from Xiaofangzhai, but before leaving, an old scholar whom Xu Beiyou called Mr. stopped his way.

The old man could naturally see that the old scholar who raised Xu Beiyou was not an ordinary person, so at that time, two old people whose combined age was more than two sixty years old had a conversation to decide where Xu Beiyou would go.

At the cliff behind Xiaofangzhai, the old scholar first said: "It can be seen that the honorable master has a cultivation base, not the kind of first-rank and second-rank paper paste masters, but a real master who has stepped into the hall. A master, even if you look at the whole world, you still have a place, so why come to this bitter cold northwest, and compete with a dying old man for a child?"

The old man replied flatly: "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. As long as you don't reach the step of being invincible in the world, you will not be free after all. You say you are dying, why am I not? After a hundred years, you will inevitably return to dust. Here Before, always looking for someone to take over the mantle."

The old scholar shook his head and said: "Maxima is common, but Bole is not. There is never a shortage of young and handsome people in this world, let alone so-called amazing people. Why do you, Bole, have to catch the old man?" Do you want this little pony?"

The old man squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The person who can make Han Wenbi acquainted naturally has his own uniqueness. Who would have thought that the leader of the three heroes of Qichu would hide in such a small place."

"How did your honor recognize the identity of the old man?" The old scholar was stunned for a moment, and then he calmed down in an instant. There was a thunder in his heart and his face was like a quiet lake. Maybe this is the so-called city mansion.

The old man didn't speak. In fact, his fundamental purpose of going to Xiaofangzhai was precisely for this former temple official. As for Xu Beiyou, it was a surprise.After the death of the country and family, the old man traveled around half of the world and contacted many like-minded people. Murong Xuanyin was one of them, and this old scholar called Han Wenbi by the old man was also one of the old man's contacts. .

Seeing that the old man was silent, the old scholar didn't ask further, but just took a deep look at him.

Han Xuan, courtesy name Wenbi, is a scholar who studied under Wang Kaizhi, a great Confucian. In the year of reaching the crown, he met Xiao Yu, who was changed from the king of Xiping County to the king of Northwest at that time, and he joined Xiao Yu's command since then.

He first worked in Wang Xiang's mansion and served under Wang Xiang Xiao Jin. Although he did not catch up with the Xiheyuan War between the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, he participated in the subsequent construction of the Northwest Army's Northern Expedition. Everyone was valued and promoted by Xiao Yu, so they were collectively called the Three Heroes.

Afterwards, Han Xuan worked in the Dark Guard Mansion. He went to the Eastern Capital and personally instigated the rebellion against Xiao Gongyu, the then leader of the Imperial Army in the Eastern Capital.After Xiao Yu entered the Eastern Capital, he brought the emperor to the princes, and Han Xuan was appointed as the secretary of the cabinet. , As a heavenly official, he ascended to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, and became the second assistant of the cabinet, second only to the first assistant Lanyu.

Then, Xiao Yu died, and the court changed again and again.

During this period, Han Xuan was knocked out of the mortal world by Lan Yu, and he could only hide in Xiaofangzhai and survive.

In the eyes of the old man, it was precisely because of this incident that Han Xuan changed from a domestic dog to a wild dog.

The war between wild dogs and domestic dogs has never stopped. Some wild dogs have been domesticated into domestic dogs, and some domestic dogs have lost their shelter and become wild dogs.

If the old man is a wild dog wandering around, then Han Xuan is a wild dog hiding to heal his wounds.

They are all wild dogs, so naturally they should be like-minded.

The two old men were silent with each other, and Han Xuan knew that he still underestimated the old man with the sword.

There are not many people who know their true identities, and Lan Yu is one of them, but this Xiangye, who was once as famous as the head teacher of the Taoist sect, doesn't bother to beat the dog in the water. , I can also knock you out of the dust with a flip of my hand. Now you are just a poor scholar with no authority. Am I still afraid that you will make a comeback?Even if it is a comeback, so what?

The new emperor also knew that it was a pity that there was not much love between Han Xuan and the new emperor, so the new emperor justly ignored him.

As for the others, Han Xuan really couldn't think of them.

In the end, Han Xuan said: "Your boat is doomed to go through too many winds and waves if it wants to cross the sea of ​​suffering. It may sink before seeing the other shore. Beiyou is still a child. I don't want to make a choice for this child. I don't want you to make the choice for the child. So, wait another ten years and let him choose himself after ten years."

The old man agreed, he left Xu Beiyou a Tianlan sword and a sword manual, and drifted away.

Originally, Han Xuan was [-]% sure that Xu Beiyou would go the next way according to his own ideas, but what he never expected was that a woman riding Sa Luzi broke into Xu Beiyou's world. The old man just planted a seed called ambition in Xu Beiyou's heart, and the woman ten years later will let this seed really take root in Xu Beiyou's heart.

Therefore, Xu Beiyou, who was no longer content with a square inch, decided to go out, jump out of this well, and take a look at the outside world.

So when Xu Beiyou walked into Han Xuan's home to say goodbye to him, Han Xuan knew he had lost.

Rich and rich, put it down, Han Xuan once picked it up, so he can put it down.And Xu Beiyou didn't pick it up, so how can he talk about putting it down?

If you can't put it down, pick it up.

After Xu Beiyou left, Han Xuan sent a letter to him through the method left by the old man as agreed, and only then did the old man save Xu Beiyou and Zhiyun at the critical moment of Chonglongguan.

Xu Beiyou didn't know anything about the dialogue and planning between the two old men. In his view, his own experience was more like one adventure after another, but he didn't realize that the so-called adventures had long been planned by others. It wasn't accidental, it was inevitable.

The old man slowly withdrew his thoughts, glanced at the little man and woman who had already fallen asleep cuddling each other, and sighed softly.

When a person is old, he likes to cultivate interesting younger generations. This is like the great Confucianists of the Confucian school.After all, there will be a day when I will leave, and I still have to rely on successors to complete the things that I didn't have time to do before me and the things behind me.

Even Zichen, the previous generation head teacher of the Taoist sect who was invincible in the world, still failed to see the success of the thousand-year plan of the Taoist sect before he ascended. It is not because he has to rely on his apprentices to finish the rest of the work, which is why he is today's Weiwei. Daomen.

The apprentice that Zi Chen, the previous head teacher of the Taoist sect, took on as a Taoist sect.

The apprentice Shangguan Xianchen, the last suzerain of Jianzong, failed to take on the responsibility of Jianzong.

As for the apprentice he has accepted, can he shoulder the heavy burden that belongs to him?

(End of this chapter)