Nine secrets to cover the sky

Chapter 138 The Three Loushan Thieves
Tianguan took Fang Jie to the living room and sat down. While busy cooking a pot of good wine, he smiled and said to Fang Jie: "It's ashamed to say that we have lived at the foot of Mount Lou for almost five years. Brother Fang But he is still the first guest here, so we must treat him well today."

Fang Jie asked in confusion: "Is it because Brother Tianguan, you don't like others to disturb you?"

Tianguan smiled wryly and shook his head: "That's not true. Instead, we've always hoped that someone would come to visit us, but it's a pity that no one came."

Fang Jie asked even more puzzled: "Why?"

Tianguan temporarily stopped what he was doing, looked at Fang Jie and asked, "Brother Fang, do you know that we are a gentleman?"

Fang node nodded: "I know that."

The Tianguan smiled when he heard the words: "Since you know, then Brother Fang must know that the inheritance method of our gentleman family is not blood, but between masters and apprentices, and they will not form tribes, but will be scattered all over the place?"

Fang Jie felt that he understood, so he asked: "Is it because of these differences that the gentleman's clan has conflicts with other clans?"

Tianguan smiled wryly: "In the eyes of other tribes, our gentleman clan does not form a tribe to live together, which is a manifestation of disunity, and there is no restriction on intermarriage, and there is no same 'divine gift' between each other. To put it mildly, they will accuse disrespect Ancestors, to put it bluntly, just call us 'bastards'."

Hearing this, Fang Jie fell silent.

Because he is not one of the Hundred Clans of the Central Plains, thinking from the perspective of the Central Plains people who have completely opposite customs, he will naturally stand on the side of the Gentleman Clan similar to the Central Plains people. It is a normal reaction for the Gentleman Clan, but he also I understand that this is not the Central Plains, but Zhonghuang Mountain. The customs of the gentleman clan are opposed to the other tribes in the entire Zhonghuang Mountain. Just like the entire country in the Central Plains absolutely prohibits intermarriage with foreigners, they will naturally be regarded as weird people.So to be precise, the gentleman clan was criticized and even abused by other tribes, and the other tribes did not commit any serious crimes, it was just a matter of concept and environment.

And Tianguan has already adapted to all this, and laughed it off, saying: "It can be said that the gentleman family who pays the most attention to self-cultivation and appearance is actually the most 'dirty' family in Zhonghuang Mountain. Therefore, on this side of the soil , we are not welcome, even though there are several tribes hundreds of miles away, no one is willing to deal with us, and even many times, they will be hostile to us."

Having said that, the wine was already steaming hot, Tianguan personally poured a cup for Fang Jie, and handed it over with a smile.

Fang Jie took it, put the wine in front of his nose and kissed it lightly, and felt that the aroma was intoxicating, so he couldn't help but praise: "Good wine."

At this moment, a person came to the door, and said as he came in: "The third junior brother didn't invite me to drink?"

Tianguan, who was delighted by Fang Jie's praise, turned his head and said with a smile: "Second Senior Brother, come quickly, we have guests."

When the visitor heard this, he happened to see Fang Jie at the same time, he was only a little surprised for a moment, then he laughed heartily and said, "Okay, okay", and sat down.

The Tianguan hurriedly introduced: "Second senior brother, this is Brother Fang Jie, Brother Fang, this is my second senior brother, Zhong Fang."

Fang Jie looked at the person who came and saw that the person was only a little fatter, and his attire was exactly the same as that of the Heavenly Official, so he asked, "Brother Zhongfang is the owner of the Changxiang Fungus?"

"Long Xiang Fungus?" Zhong Fang was taken aback, looking at the Heavenly Official.

Tianguan shook his head with a smile at Fang Jie and said: "No, there is another senior brother." Then he said to Zhongfang: "Brother Fang came here to save his lover's life by looking for fragrant mushrooms, and Senior Senior just happened to have this spirit Medicine, I'm not good at making decisions, so Brother Fang decided to wait for Senior Brother to come back."

Hearing the words, Zhong Fang suddenly realized, took the hot wine handed over by the heavenly official, and said apologetically to Fang Jie: "It is true that the Changxiang fungus was planted by the elder brother. Although it is not expensive, it is nothing to give it to Brother Fang for help, but After all, it belongs to the elder brother, we have to ask him about it."

Fang Jie hurriedly said: "It's okay, I can wait."

The middle room nodded, and the three of them raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Fang Jie only felt the taste of the wine was sweet and delicious, and he liked it very much. He couldn't help but said: "There is such a good wine that you can drink every day, and there is such a bamboo hut to live in. The two of you are really enviable."

Tianguan smiled when he heard the words, and said, "I'm afraid only Brother Fang will envy us 'Three Thieves of Loushan'."

"Thief?" Fang Jie really couldn't associate this word with such a modest gentleman, let alone understand that Tianguan would call himself three brothers and sisters, so he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

Seeing this, Tianguan and Zhongfang looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Zhongfang said: "It's just a false name, there are things you can't see or touch, so don't mention them."

But the Tianguan said: "Second Senior Brother, Brother Fang is not from this area, and he doesn't know much about many things. Since he is curious, explain it to him with a smile." Then he said to Fang Jie: "I said it before. , the three of us are not welcome here, so the word 'thief' is called contemptuously by the people nearby, over time, we became familiar with this name, and we have called ourselves this way since then."

Hearing this, Fang Jie looked at the three Loushan thieves with admiration even more, and couldn't help sighing: "The three of you are really free and easy if you can accept such a title, I admire you."

Tianguan and Zhongfang looked at each other and laughed.

Afterwards, the three chatted while drinking, and Fang Jie quickly learned the story of the "Three Thieves from Loushan" from the two of them knowing everything.

It turned out that these three people used to be orphans, and they didn't know which clan they belonged to. ".At that time, they lived in a certain place thousands of miles away. It was also by a river, and it was also a bamboo forest. The four masters and apprentices stayed together for 20 years.Until five years ago, when their master passed away, the three of them left their previous place and began to wander around. Once they came to the foot of Lou Mountain by the Black Dragon River by chance. Decided to stay for a while, who knows that it will last three years, and until today, there is still no intention of leaving.

And just like their attitude towards the title "Three Thieves of Loushan", the three of them laughed at the unkindness of the nearby "neighbors" and never took it seriously.

Fang Jie felt that he admired these three people more and more, and their indifferent attitude towards many troubles in the world.

Like the three of them, either play games with others, or find a place they like to settle down, play tunes and drink, look at the bamboo sea and listen to the wind, like a paradise, it is really more than a fairy.

He even wondered if one day he didn't have so many responsibilities and burdens, would he be able to live in seclusion with his wife and parents and live an enviable life...

The middle room seemed to see what Fang Jie was thinking, and said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Fang, as long as you have a firm heart, do what you should do persistently, and love the person you should love freely, you don't have to stick to it." No matter where you are, or when you are, in fact, you are free at all times."

Fang Jie understood this, and asked: "Brother Zhong Fang, what do you mean, happiness is no longer about the environment, but about the heart?"

Zhong Fang nodded and said: "Those who want to be free may not be able to be free, but those who have never thought about being free may be the most free. So being free is not a goal that needs to be achieved, but a process, a An unchanging state of mind, in this state of mind, you are at ease."

Fang Jie savored these words carefully, and only felt that he had benefited a lot. Only then did he understand that the things that the Gentleman family does not inherit according to the blood of their relatives are exactly the things that cannot be inherited by the blood of their relatives, and they are guaranteed to be pure and clean—that is a kind of thought. , an attitude of standing between heaven and earth.This discovery made him more awe-inspiring to the gentleman family, and then continued to seek advice from Zhongfang and Tianguan eager for knowledge.

In this way, about two hours passed.

Suddenly, the three of them heard hearty laughter coming from outside the door, so Tianguan and the middle room looked at each other, and then said to Fang Jie: "It's the elder brother who is back."

"Hahaha, you two secretly drank my wine again, right?" Accompanied by these words, a middle-aged man who was dressed the same as the two, but was obviously older walked in.

Tianguan turned his head and said with a smile: "We didn't drink it secretly, but used it to greet the guests."

The visitor's surprised eyes immediately fell on Fang Jie, and the next second he laughed loudly and said: "So that's the case, then I will forgive you two, haha." After speaking, the person walked over quickly, first He picked up a glass of wine and drank it all, then said to Fang Jie: "You're welcome, just call me Li Palace, what's your name, little brother?"

Fang Jie said, "My surname is Fang."

Li Gong nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Fang is a distinguished guest." Then he smiled at the other two: "You two didn't neglect Brother Fang, did you?"

Tianguan and Zhongfang smiled wryly.

And Li Gong laughed, his personality was more straightforward than these two, he greeted while pouring wine: "Come, come, have another drink."

So the four raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Driven by Li Gong, the four chatted enthusiastically while drinking down a pot of wine to the last drop.After Li Gong filled the last bit of wine for the four of them, he said: "There is a lot of wine, it's rare to be happy today, everyone drink to your heart's content, I'll go get another jug."

But Zhongfang said with a smile: "Brother, don't just focus on drinking, you haven't told us to go out this time, how are things going?"

Li Gong patted his head when he heard the words, smiled apologetically and said: "Forget it, I didn't talk about it." Then he was going to get the wine.

This time, the heavenly official grabbed Li Gong and said dissatisfiedly, "Then, where is that person?"

Li Gong smiled and said: "That person is coming soon."

Zhongfang and Tianguan glanced at each other with expressions of "I knew it earlier", then stood up tacitly, raised the wine, and said from Zhongfang: "Then there is no need to take any more wine, this is the last glass." , Tianguan looked at Li Gong with the same expression, and nodded.

Li Gong had no choice but to raise the last glass of wine.

Hearing this conversation, Fang Jie couldn't help asking: "Someone is coming? Didn't the three say that there are very few guests? Why are there other people coming to the door today?"

The three people who were about to clink glasses all looked at him, and then all laughed.Tianguan said with a smile: "The one who came is not a guest, but an enemy."

"Enemies?"

(End of this chapter)