Lingxian Zhenjun

"Hurry up……"

"Woo hoo hoo... wait for me, don't run so fast, the big bug didn't catch up!"

In the setting sun in the afternoon, the two panted one after the other and climbed up a steep slope. They pulled the grass stems and raised their heads to look at the valley in front of them. They had never heard the old people in the village mention this valley. When I came here, I didn't know that there was a Taoist temple standing here.

"The tiger ran away desperately when he heard the bell in the temple...I'm afraid there are immortals living here."

"Hey... don't talk so much, wait for me... go up together..."

The herbal picker was very tired, he grabbed the hem of his trousers and pushed up hard twice before he could barely pull it up. After a sigh of relief, the two got up and staggered towards the Taoist temple.

The forest on the mountainside is rustling softly, remote and clean. The white walls and black tiles of the temples that are getting closer, some places are mottled with traces of wind and rain, and they seem to have some ideas, but they feel that they are newly built. A bright feeling.

When they approached the gate of the temple, the uneasy mood of the two of them suddenly became much more stable.

"Brother Dalin, do you feel that you are not afraid anymore?"

The woodcutter nodded: "It seems so, it seems that there are really some masters here."

In this world, especially the villagers who gather in the village at night, besides dirty talk, the most frequent talk is about gods, ghosts, strange people and strange things. What I think of is that the master is alive.

"Later, we must be polite, don't be rude, master."

"Yeah, sure, the expert saved our lives just now."

The two whispered as they walked, all the way towards the temple, and saw not far from the temple, a huge green bull lying on its side on the ground, the height of their shoulders, if it stood up, it might be able to reach eaves.

The sound of breathing was undulating, like thunder rushing on the ground, and the thick air was blown out from the mouth and nose, and the ground could be seen ripples of dust in circles.

The hearts of the two were beating wildly, and their legs were a little weak just for a while. The herbal pickers leaned directly on their companions, and helped each other carefully move to the stone steps in front of the temple.

"Didn't notice us?"

"I'm afraid you don't want to talk to us."

The two of them stumbled into the temple with vain footsteps, their eyes looked around in the temple, and then they saw a little Taoist boy playing around under a big bronze cauldron, a fat Taoist came out of the main hall, and shouted Two sentences, pinch his ears and plug a Taoist scripture into the dormitory.

Then he turned around and came under an old tree in front of the main hall, playing chess with the figure holding a scroll, looking at the layout of black and white pieces on the chessboard, and muttering with his arms around his beard.

"Boss, I have only been away for a while, why do you feel that the chess pieces placed are different from before?"

"I haven't moved."

Chen Yuan looked away, glanced at the chessboard and laughed, "It's the one just now, and the sunspot was dropped when you left. Why, seeing the situation is not good, you want to play tricks?"

Black and white are mixed on the chessboard, and the two seem to play calmly, mastering moves, but in fact, both of them are learning and selling. Either bluffing or cheating, or retreating to practice, where is the time to study chess; Chen Yuan is even worse, except for backgammon, he doesn't even understand how to play Go.

But life in the mountains is like this. If you don’t play chess to pass the time, you really can’t find anything to do. You can’t rush to restore the temple’s incense.

"Boss, those two have come in."

As soon as Lao Sun's soft words fell, the two people at the door moved their feet and approached little by little. They saw a figure in a green shirt and a gray robe with a long beard playing chess with a chubby Taoist priest. The two stood aside and waited for a while. Qiqi knelt down and kowtowed.

"The two of us would like to thank the two masters for saving their lives."

I don't know who saved it, so thank you both, it must be right.

"But this Dao saved you, if you want to thank you, thank this one." The fat Taoist smiled and pointed to the opposite side.

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Chen Yuan wrote a word, but her gaze moved away from the book, and she looked at the two kneeling people, "I don't like people kneeling down, get up. Now that you have thanked me, go down the mountain quickly and go south along the foot of the mountain. go out."

"Yes Yes……"

The herb picker nodded repeatedly, got up and was about to leave, the companion next to him slowed down a bit, and took out the wrapped paper from his arms, which contained a palm-sized shortbread pancake.

He didn't know how to speak, so he put him next to the teacher in silence, and followed the herbal picker to the gate of the courtyard. Looking back, he saw the chess player over there with a concentrated expression, and inadvertently took the pancake and bit it. Take a sip.

The woodcutter glanced at the pancake in the hand of the expert rather reluctantly. In fact, it was bought for his daughter-in-law.

"It depends on how we are going to go? That tiger may still be nearby."

As soon as the herbal picker finished speaking, there was a faint roar of a tiger at the foot of the opposite mountain, and the two of them suddenly became excited, turned around and ran back to the temple, standing next to the master who was playing chess.

"Why haven't you left yet?" The fat Taoist raised his face.

"There are... there are tigers..."

The herbal picker nodded repeatedly: "The two of us were chased here by the tiger. We heard it barking just now. I'm afraid we are still wandering around."

"It's inconvenient to have a tiger around."

Chen Yuan put down her book, and said to the outside of the temple, "Lao Niu, come here."

Before the two of them could react, they saw the big green cow that was dozing outside just now coming to the gate of the temple with heavy hooves, which surprised them from ear to ear. They had never seen a cow that could understand human language. .

"Go to the opposite mountain forest, there is a tiger there, don't hurt its life, just drive it away."

"Yes, Majesty."

The old cow breathed heavily, stepped on the cow's hooves and slowly swung its tail and turned to go down the mountain, but in the eyes of the two of them, the huge figure disappeared in just a short moment.

"It...it...can talk..."

The herb pickers were knocking their teeth, and when they looked at Chen Yuan tremblingly, Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it has a gentle temper, and it is the town beast of this temple. Alright, I'll see you two off." Let's go back."

After speaking, he walked in front of the two and led them out of the temple. Within a few steps, the herbal picker and the woodcutter felt their bodies were wrapped in the wind, and the scenery of the mountains and forests flew backwards in their sights. When their sights stabilized, People are already at the foot of the mountain.

Horrified in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it. The two followed Chen Yuan tremblingly, both excited and frightened. Not long after, the heavy hoofbeats approached again from far away. The two looked sideways, like a hill. The old green cow ran wildly with its hooves spread, with something dangling in its mouth.

When they got close, the two hurriedly hid behind Chen Yuan.

What the old cow was holding in its mouth was the colorful tiger just now. Before it got close, it threw it over, and it fell to the ground and rolled several times.

Thinking that the tiger was about to hurt people, the two hurriedly shouted: "Be careful!"

But the tiger on the ground did not roll over and hurt people, but turned over cautiously, like a child who has done something wrong, lying on the ground, bowing his head to Chen Yuan.

"Get up, think that you have spiritual wisdom in the cultivation in the mountains, so I won't let the old cow hurt your life. I eat two people and one cake, so I will keep them safe. When I see them in the future, don't hurt them. If you understand , let’s go back to the mountains.”

Chen Yuan waved his wide sleeves, the tiger raised its head like a millstone, its ferocious eyes seemed to be identifying the herb picker and the woodcutter, the latter two were trembling, and their hearts were racing Jumped to the throat.

However, the next moment, the tiger let out a low moan, stood up slowly, and ran into the forest. Not long after, a long tiger roar sounded.

"Okay, let's go too."

Chen Yuan turned her head, said something to the two with a smile, then jumped on the old cow's back, sat across her shoulders and walked slowly to the mountainside.The two people who stood there breathed a sigh of relief, and then let go of their feet and ran wildly.

After reaching the valley far away, they stopped to breathe a sigh of relief. What happened today was like a dream, which made them feel unreal.

"It's just a pity for our firewood and herbs..."

After walking another section of the old forest, it was a pity that the mountain road in front of the two of them, the back basket containing herbs, and the firewood were quietly placed there, which were lost by the two of them before.

The two hurriedly stepped forward to check, turned their backs excitedly, and faced the direction they came out, thanked and bowed to each other. After a while, they just went down the mountain, talking about today's events excitedly along the way.

The setting sun was hanging on the mountains, and the two returned to the village all the way. After greeting each other, they went back home.