Nine idlers

Before, for some inexplicable reasons, the iron old man went down the mountain very fast. This time, he was caught between two old roads and ran up the mountain. The speed was not slower than going down the mountain. The parched place of the burnt man.

After getting along with the two old Taoists in the past two years, the old man Tie also knows very well that the two old Taoists he saved from the red armbands are capable people, but he only has a vague idea of ​​the extent to which the old Taoists are capable. But now he knew that the two elders said goodbye, at least their foot strength was extraordinary.Running up the road from the foot of the mountain, he almost didn't touch the ground, his whole body was like flying, and the trees on both sides flashed past his eyes quickly, which was the same as the big truck he had been on when he went to the county town, even more stable.

After the two veterans arrived at the dry land, they ignored the old man Tie. Their attention was all on this land that had completely dried up and lost its vitality. The expressions on their faces changed, surprise, surprise, doubt All kinds of strong emotions kept appearing on their faces like slides.

"Something is wrong with the legend?" Qingjingzi frowned slightly, her tone seemed uncertain.

He Tingzi nodded and said: "There is indeed something wrong, there is no trace of lightning strikes, it looks more, more like..."

For a while, He Tingzi couldn't find a suitable word to describe the scene in front of him, and Qing Jingzi on the side took over the words: "It's like dead, this place looks like dead from the grass and trees on the ground to the soil under the ground. same."

"Yes! That's it, it's as if he's dead." He Tingzi nodded, and soon saw the place where Old Man Tie said he found the seriously injured person.He gestured to his companion beside him.They walked over there together.

The boundary line formed by the ashes of plants and trees clearly marked the two different areas.The two veterans can easily find the target they want without spending any effort to find it.In their eyes, although the grass and trees in the area just entered this area were withered, there was still some vitality left, but the scene they saw now showed that everything here was completely dead, and no matter how fertilized, it was impossible to restore This piece of land recovers, and eventually this piece of land will only become a barren land where even weeds cannot grow.

Because of the precedent of the old iron man, no matter how weird everything in front of him was, the two veterans would not feel any danger.They walked into the ashes and began to sweep away the layers of ash around them, looking for the iron pieces with Taoist talismans mentioned by the old man on the ground.

Soon the two veteran Taoists found more than a dozen pieces of these fragments, some of which could be flattened into one or two incomplete but similarly shaped discs, except that apart from the Tai Chi diagram and some gossip trigrams on these discs, they knew nothing. The rest of the talismans were all unknown to them, and they could only be seen from the appearance of these talismans should come from Taoism.Moreover, they also found that what looked like iron was actually an unknown metal, because the sheets were very thin.As thin as paper, but extremely strong.Not only can it not be bent and bent, but even hitting it with a stone can't leave any marks on its surface.

"Is this a magic weapon?" He Tingzi asked repeatedly looking at the metal piece in his hand.

"I'm not too sure," Qingjingzi shook her head, and said blankly, "I don't know much more than you."

"Anyway, judging from the material alone, it is not an ordinary thing." He Tingzi broke off the metal piece in his hand again, and then looked at the sky that had begun to sink, and said, "I don't think there is anything good. Something, we'd better go back first, and ask the person directly after he wakes up."

"That's the only way to go." Qingjingzi nodded in agreement, turned around, gestured to the old iron man who was waiting on the path, and walked down the mountain together.

Compared with the quick and hasty time, the speed of going back was much slower, and seemed very leisurely. The two veterans had no intention of talking, and their attention was all on the metal piece in their hands, while the iron old man on the side didn't bother at first. Talking, but after walking through the herb-picking path, I finally couldn't help the strong curiosity in my heart, and asked the two old Taoists.

The relationship between the three of them is very good. After the old man Tie expressed his doubts, the two old Taoists did not hide anything. They told all the things they guessed. There is a lot of content, and I didn't finish it until I got back to the log cabin.Although there are many things to talk about, it can be summed up in one point. The two old Taoists are guessing that the injured person is a true cultivator who has achieved success in cultivation. , but his Taoism is so profound that he was able to save his life.

However, no matter how detailed the two old Taoists said, in the final analysis, they were just guessing. As for whether the seriously injured person was a true cultivator, and whether the fragments in their hands were legendary magic weapons, they were not sure. very clear.

Speaking of which, the two old Taoists can be regarded as well-known families. He Tingzi is a disciple of the Longmen Sect of Quanzhen Taoism. He once went to the Tianshi Mansion and participated in the blessing meeting during the Republic of China.And Qingjingzi's identity is not worse than him at all. He was born in the Wudang Longmen lineage, and he practiced the Chunyang Gong handed down from Lu Zu. , Taoism cultivation is still above the Crane Pavilion.

Although the two of them are well-known figures in Taoist sects in China, and they were treated as typical cases of being criticized because of this, they themselves are very clear that they have not even entered the sect and can only be regarded as outsiders.When they first started learning Taoism, they all heard the elders in the school mention that besides the Taoist temple and mountain gate where they learned Taoism, there is another Taoist school. Cultivation, cultivation is really the method of longevity.

At the very beginning, the two of them were skeptical about these legends, but later they saw some strange people and strange things when they were walking in the rivers and lakes, and then they realized that there are really some great masters with magic in this world. .However, after that, the situation in China was turbulent, and the war was raging, and these strange people who knew magic techniques all disappeared from the world as if they were avoiding disaster and hiding in seclusion.Later, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the end of the civil war, some people came out and claimed to be real people and great immortals. They also showed some magic-like things in front of the foolish people, but after they went to see them, they found that those people were all some Charlatans, the so-called magic tricks are nothing but showmanship tricks.And not only did they fail to find the shadow of Dao Zhenxiu from these people, but they were implicated by these people, they were beaten into ghosts and monsters together, and almost died in prison, which really made them feel aggrieved for a long time.

After being rescued by the old man Tie and placed on the mountain, the two experienced life and death. Although the heart of Taoism is still there, the intention of seeking immortality has been completely dispelled, especially the comfortable and peaceful life on the mountain in the past few years. They have a deeper understanding of the way of nature in the Tao Te Ching, and their thoughts of becoming immortals and longevity are even weaker.It's just that the seriously injured man rescued by the old man rekindled their extinguished desire to become immortals and live forever.Judging from all the signs, this person is likely to be a true cultivator who failed to cross the catastrophe, and also possesses a magic weapon with a special material that only appeared in rumors, so this person must know the real Taoism and fairy art.They might be able to rely on this life-saving grace to get the other party to teach the true law.

Driven by the desire to seek the Dharma and ask questions, in the days that followed, the two veteran Taoists were responsible for taking care of the seriously injured person. They even took the initiative to go into the mountains to pick a large amount of medicine for burns, and they were responsible for changing the medicine every day. It's like being a filial son and grandson to others, which makes the old iron man who lives with him feel a little weird.

Under the careful care of the two veterans, the burns on the man's body gradually healed, but the scars could not heal, and the whole person looked very terrifying.The external injury has gradually healed, and there is no internal injury in the body, but the man has never woken up, and has been sleeping in a state that is close to the Taoist fetal rest.

Although the man showed no signs of waking up, the two old men who had been in frequent contact with him and the iron man who hadn't been in contact for a long time could feel some of the miraculous beginnings brought by him.For example, the person had never eaten any food, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't open the person's mouth, and the person was still alive and well without eating, obviously this is the state of bigu in the Taoist legend.In addition, there are some magical powers around that person's body. Staying by that person's side for a long time is like taking some panacea. Not only can the exhausted physical strength be restored, but even the old injuries in the past can be gradually recovered. Moreover, the cultivation techniques of the two veterans who have not made any progress for many years have made significant progress these days, and they even entered a state of fetal breath that they had never experienced before when they practiced a few times.

It is precisely because of these miraculous features that the two old Taoists believe more and more that the person in front of them is a true cultivator, and they hope that when the other party wakes up, they will be able to receive Dafa from him.It's a pity that things backfired, no matter how eagerly they hoped that the person could wake up from the deep sleep, but the other party always went his own way, showing no sign of waking up.

In this way, about four years passed quickly, and during these four years, the iron old man and the two veterans did not live very well. Because of the intensification of the so-called class struggle, the situation became more and more chaotic, and even some founding fathers All fell in the struggle.The county government went to the village two years ago and sent a director of the Revolutionary Committee to be responsible for the class struggle. This director somehow knew that the old man Tie was taking special care of two old Taoist priests who were beaten as monsters and ghosts, so he used the name of the Revolutionary Committee He was punished by criticizing him once a week, and forcibly ordered the two veterans to go down the mountain every day for labor reform.Although they are much better than others whether they are criticized or reformed through labor because of the care of the villagers, it is obviously much more difficult now than in the past. (To be continued..)