Xiaqingshan

When giving a lecture one day, Li Changying suddenly asked Li Zishen if he had been to Liangzhou, probably because it was related to today's memorial. After reading the memorial, the little emperor asked the young master about this place he had never been to.

Li Changying grew up in Yanzhou when she was young, and did not come to the capital until she was seven years old.Yanzhou is in the north and Liangzhou is in the west. Although his father and king once led troops to Liangzhou and retreated the Hu people outside the pass, Li Changying has never been to Liangzhou.In his heart, his father and king are the first gods and saints, and the second most knowledgeable is not the old master Xu Shoufu, but the young master Li Zishen. Now that he has questions, he naturally asks the young master.

Coincidentally, Li Zishen may not have been to other places, but he has actually been to Liangzhou.Hearing "Liangzhou", Li Zishen was stunned for a moment, and said that after His Majesty has memorized this article, he will tell you about it.

Li Changying heard that the young master could talk, so he obediently turned over the article in his hand, swallowed it several times, and said that he had memorized it.His memory is very good, and this article is not difficult to understand, so he stumbled and memorized the general idea.

Li Zishen was not demanding, knowing that the little emperor was showing curiosity, so he put down the book and spoke slowly.

He did go to Liangzhou when he was 15 years old.The master kicked him out of the mountain gate and asked him to travel.But he said it out of face, this kind of thing happened not ten times, but three or five times. In fact, he just asked Li Zishen to go to Liangzhou to buy some things.Liangzhou is a specialty of honeydew melon, which is only delicious if it is grown in a few cities in the north of Liangzhou.

Xu Daoqian doesn't seem like a cultivator. He usually has a laid-back personality and is slovenly, but he also has real talents and practical learning.He has traveled all over the world since he was young, not only has he seen famous mountains and great rivers, but he can also speak eloquently about various special products.If you want to drink newly brewed sweet-scented osmanthus wine today, and want to taste some bitter herbs tomorrow, you only need to tell Li Zishen, and this little apprentice will pack his bag or go down the mountain with a whisk in his hand.The old man brought Li Zishen to Mount Gaotu, accepted him as a disciple, imparted his talent and knowledge, and named the little boy, Li Zishen naturally respected him.Don't say that the master wants him to go to Liangzhou to buy something, even if he wants him to steal the Nine Dragon Cup at night, and pluck the beard from the tiger's face, Li Zishen will do as well.

It turned out that it was different that time, Li Zishen returned to Gaotu Mountain soon, but what Xu Daogan brought back was not the honeydew melon that Xu Daogan wanted, but a child.

The child looked only eight or nine years old, thin and shy, nestled in Li Zishen's arms, like a little black beast.Li Zishen was dressed in black, as if he carried the child all the way up the mountain.

Xu Daoqian just glanced at the child's face and calculated the cause and effect. He seldom got angry with his apprentice. After all, Li Zishen was kind-hearted and never made mistakes. The apprentice really fell for the word "kind heart".

So he seemed about to have a fit, got up and said sharply, "What about the melons? I told you to go to Liangzhou to buy melons. Why did you bring me such a big trouble when I came back? Is it because he ate all my melons?"

But Li Zishen gently put the child aside, touched the top of his head again, as if telling him not to be afraid, then lifted up his robe, and knelt down in front of Xu Daoqian.

These great gifts were not used between master and apprentice, although Li Zishen also practiced it when he was apprenticed to his teacher, but Xu Daoqian was usually lazy and didn't see such hypocrisy.Now Li Zishen knelt down in front of him, begging him with all his heart, but it aroused rare anger in Xu Daogan's heart.

"You look like this, what do you want from me?"

Li Zishen gritted his teeth and was silent at first.He is just an apprentice that Xu Daogan accepted with good intentions, and he should not force the master to do something.He knew Xu Daoqian, the other party was a person who was afraid of trouble to death, let alone accepting apprentices, asking him to move his fingers for no reason, Xu Daoqian occasionally didn't bother to respond.

His master's life has been fleeting, he has experienced and seen too many things, and he has long been in the state of being extremely indifferent to many things in his heart.Xu Daoqian didn't even think about accepting apprentices at first, and it was a coincidence that he took Li Zishen up the mountain later.He is the only one in Baiyun Temple all year round, and he has long been used to it.

Now Li Zishen was kneeling in front of him, although he was begging, his tone was full of determination, "Zishen wants to ask Master to accept him as a disciple."

Xu Daogen knew that his apprentice was kind-hearted.It can't even be summed up with good intentions, it's even higher than this.

Xu Daoqian usually doesn't pay attention to appearance at the foot of the mountain, sometimes he looks like an old priest, sometimes he looks like a lunatic beggar, or a fortune teller.Originally, he seemed to be only 50 or [-] years old, but after being tossed around by himself, that kind of fairy spirit was gone.A few years ago, he traveled down the mountain as usual, and he encountered a city that had just been flooded last year. As a result, many people were homeless and sick, waiting for treatment.

In the past few years, there have been great turmoil and wars in this dynasty. At last, it has settled down a bit, and natural disasters have followed.The emperor in the court could not afford to be ill, the eunuchs messed up power, and the subordinates below did not handle their affairs well. The whole country was like the old emperor, who was already dying of illness. It seemed that if there were only a few more catastrophes, the country might be destroyed.Only at the end of last year, the original emperor passed away, and the new emperor was his younger brother, who was the king of Yan who led troops to protect the country during the Five Kings Rebellion and pacified Mobei.Although the waterlogging has gone, the sky is still raining intermittently.After King Yan ascended the throne, he did some practical things and rectified the court system, and everything seemed to be returning to the right track slowly.

These things have nothing to do with Xu Daoqian, he has already vowed that he will never ask about court affairs in his life, let alone who is sitting on the golden throne.

Xu Daoqian was like an old lunatic beggar, in tattered clothes, wandering around the city every day.If you have no money, you can tell people's fortunes. If you can deceive anyone, you can exchange them for the strong wine brewed by the farmer's own. It is also a different kind of delicacy if it is paired with bitter vegetables.Of course, he can tell fortunes, but he doesn't do it well, and he doesn't like other fortune tellers who like to say some bluffing words, and then ask people to buy a few talisman papers for disaster relief.When he is happy, he will say a few nice words, and when he is unhappy, he will speak out, even if he is about to die in early spring next year, he dares to say it, dare to say it.

Not everyone can tolerate the deliciousness of such bitter herbs and spirits, nor can everyone be able to tolerate a fortune teller like him.One day, for some reason, Xu Daoqian felt unwell and was in a bad mood. Healers didn't heal themselves, and it didn't take long with his internal strength, so he lazily leaned on the corner of the street.There was a person who insisted on coming to him for fortune-telling, or it could be said that he was looking for trouble. After hearing a few words from him drunk, he came up and wanted to beat him, but before the person's fist really fell on Xu Daogan's body, A small figure rushed over and stopped the assailant.

When I looked closely, it was a little devil with a tattered black dress and bare feet.While stopping him, he shouted to the eldest brother not to do anything, let this old lunatic go, I will apologize to the eldest brother on his behalf!

That kid is Li Zishen.

How did Li Zishen know that the old lunatic and beggar in front of him was an unpredictable old man.He was alone, and seeing this old beggar had nowhere to go in the city today, the two of them stayed together in the ruined temple for a few nights, which could be regarded as friendship between "neighbors".Li Zishen saw that the old beggar was not feeling well today, because the other party had turned over and over again last night, so he followed Xu Daoqin early in the morning.At this time, seeing the land-headed snake raised his hand to hit him, he rushed over to beg for mercy.

The villain despised Li Zishen's ragged clothes, scolded him a few times, and felt that it was not good to fight with children, so he just kicked him, and left cursing.

Li Zishen came back to his senses, bent over and walked to Xu Daogen's side, and asked him if he was okay?

Xu Daoqian has seen kindhearted people, but he has never seen Li Zishen like this. He is a little beggar, and he is so kind.He deliberately teased him, so he continued to pretend to be drunk and sick.

Li Zishen kindly carried Xu Daogan back to the ruined temple with a thin and small body.

Xu Daogan felt a little feverish, Li Zishen thought it was because he was caught in the rain and caught the wind and cold, but Xu Daogan was just playing tricks on him.After Xu Daogan was settled, Li Zishen went out again.

After he left, Xu Daoqian sat up and thought to himself, what is this kid doing?

After a while, Li Zishen came back with several packs of medicine in his hand.He squatted down, looked at Xu Daoqian's situation, and then went out to start a fire.

Xu Daoqian was a little surprised, but more because he was thinking about the kid's stupidity, why is he a little beggar, and still wants to buy medicine to save him, an old lunatic?

He had already regained his clarity, went out and called Li Zishen to stop him.

At that time, Li Zishen didn't have a name yet, so he could only say, that kid, come here.

Li Zishen didn't expect him to get up, and was worried for a while, but when he came over to take a look, he found that the man seemed to be well again.Xu Daoqian had no choice but to lie to him that he had practiced a little martial arts, so he was fine now.

Li Zishen was not angry, but more relieved, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Xu Daoqian's eyes were very good. He found that the string around the kid's neck was missing, so he asked him, where did you get the money to buy the medicine?

Li Zishen said nothing.Xu Daogen looked at him, and he was stared at by those eyes, so he had no choice but to tell the truth, "I just sold the jade pendant on my body."

"The jade pendant is very important to you?"

"The jade pendant is a relic of the family and is not worth much. It's just that a patient like the old man is already in front of him, and he can't take care of it for the sake of his life." Li Zishen replied.

Xu Daoqian nodded, this kid is kind-hearted.

"Have you thought about how to redeem it again?" he asked.

"In the future, I will work for others in exchange for money." Li Zishen replied.

Xu Daoqian chuckled, this kid didn't even look at him, he was dressed in rags and barefoot, who would ask him to do work.Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Li Zishen say again, the old man once gave me a bite of food, he is a benefactor, and the kindness should be repaid.

When Li Zishen said this, Xu Daoqian remembered that he got a sweet potato a few days ago, but he was too lazy to bake it, so he gave it to Li Zishen. After the other party baked it, he was not willing to eat it, so he gave it to Xu Daoqian, and Xu Daogan divided the sweet potato. Give him half.

Xu Daoqian looked at this kid, and suddenly asked him, "What's your name?"

Li Zishen was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "No name."

"No last name?"

"No last name."

Still a story.Xu Daogen thought to himself.He had no intention of asking the other party's birth date, so he took Li Zishen to the pool of water by the eaves, let him wash his face, and wanted to see his fate.

When the other party washed his face, Xu Daoqian just took a look, and he saw the past and the future in his eyes.

He suddenly had an idea, it seemed good to take this child as his apprentice.

The idea was a little out of his style, even bizarre.Xu Daoqian found some money from the pocket of his tattered clothes, and said to Li Zishen, go and redeem the jade pendant.

Li Zishen was unwilling at first, but at Xu Daogan's insistence, he went anyway.

When Li Zishen came back, Xu Daoqian looked at the jade pendant, it was indeed worthless, the quality of the jade was not good, and there was no special shape, it looked like a piece of leftover material that no one else wanted.After looking at it a few more times, it suddenly felt familiar.

"Who left this for you?" Xu Daoqian asked.

"...My mother." Li Zishen replied.

"You said you have no name and no surname, and I thought you had neither father nor mother." He didn't have a clue when he spoke, and he didn't know that this sentence was enough to make others angry.

"I have humiliated the lintel, and I no longer dare to recognize my family. I just think of myself as a homeless person." Li Zishen said, "But please respect the old man a little bit."

Xu Daoqian responded, and said, "Listen to your accent, are you from the capital?"

Li Zishen said yes.

Xu Daogen nodded, muttering to himself, taking you as an apprentice would mess up his seniority, but it can be considered a predestined relationship, let's just say that...

After talking like this for a while, he seemed to feel harmless again, so he asked Li Zishen, "Would you like to be my apprentice?"

Li Zishen raised his head abruptly, seemingly puzzled.

"I just saw your life count. You are a person who repays your kindness. Don't you want to repay your kindness? If you want to repay your kindness, you must first become a useful person. Follow me, and you can learn something. "Xu Daogen thought to himself, since you have nothing now, I can't lie to you, "If you want, just call me Master."

After a while, the kid choked up and called Master.

Xu Daogen nodded, "Since it's your master, I can't continue calling you a brat. What do you want to be called?"

He let Li Zishen choose by himself, but he was just being lazy.

"I want my surname to be Li." The kid said suddenly.

Xu Daoqian frowned, he hated this surname very much.When he was young, he learned martial arts from his master. During the Battle of the Founding of the Nation, the sect sent everyone down the mountain to go to the battlefield. He was the only one left in the Baiyun Temple in Hougaotu Mountain.

Seeing that he was disgusted by him, the little ghost actually knelt down and wanted to pay homage to his master.

Xu Daoqian couldn't see these hypocrisy, so he could only say: "You want to be named Li? That's the country's surname, it doesn't matter, let's just have the surname!" The so-called "gentlemen are cautious in their independence" and "cautious in their words and deeds", finally set the name "Zi Shen".

From that day on, Li Zishen became Li Zishen, followed Xu Daoqian to Mount Gaotu, and became his only disciple under the disciple of Xu Daogan, the Taoist Xu Daogan in Zhongxuan Temple of Baiyun Temple.

It has been seven years since Li Zishen became a teacher. He has grown from a thin kid to a 15-year-old boy, and he still wears black clothes as he was used to since childhood.

When Li Zishen was 11 years old, he told Xu Daogan the truth.He told his master that he was rescued by King Yan before he saved his life.That day, I had secretly sworn in my heart that I would be willing to be a servant of King Yan's family and be driven by him in the future, so I wanted to get a Li surname from King Yan's family.

He is very honest and doesn't want to disappoint his master's cultivation. The implication is that he will definitely go down to the world in the future. If the master regrets it, he can be kicked out of the teacher now.

Little did he know that Xu Daoqian had seen his growth in his eyes all these years, seeing that his face became more and more similar to that of his old friend, and his temper became more and more calm. Coupled with the previous fate sign, he had already penetrated all the causes and effects.

Xu Daoqian just sighed, saying that it is my own wish to be your master, and it is also your own wish for you to be a teacher, so there is no need to kneel down, get up.

Li Zishen still carried the little jade pendant, and the white jade became a little decoration on his black clothes.

This apprentice is doomed to be in trouble, which was approved by Xu Daoqian many years ago.Since then, the child has often been dressed in black, and the family wants to be able to suppress the fire with water virtue.

Later, the fire disaster was not avoided, but he was rescued by King Yan alone, and he was alone in the market, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Xu Daoqian once mentioned that when Li Zishen reached the year of the crown ceremony, the word "Zhanlin" would start.He said on the surface that he got it by fate, but Li Zishen was already sensible, and he quickly understood what he said when he contacted his teacher.

Li Zishen himself knew it very well. Occasionally in the early morning, when he looked at his reflection in the water, he suddenly found that he was as similar as the father he remembered.

As long as it is an old friend, you will eventually recognize it.

It is very difficult for Xu Daoqian to accept the child he brought back as his apprentice.

Xu Daoqian didn't want to accept disciples, firstly because of himself, secondly because of Li Zishen.He is extremely proficient in fortune-telling and face-to-face fortune-telling. When he saw the little ghost brought back by Li Zishen, he could tell the cause and effect.

But cause and effect are cause and effect, and fate is fate.

He sighed, and chattered about the past that Li Zishen wanted to take the rabbits that the hunters had brought back to the mountains to take care of them.At that time, he felt that this apprentice was too kind-hearted, and he needed to correct it, so he joked, can you save this one, and you can save all of them?Or can you tell all the hunters in the world to stop hunting?

At that time, Li Zishen hugged the rabbit and replied: If he can save one, it is one, even if it is just the one in front of him.

Now the kid in front of him with some blood on his clothes has become Li Zishen's "the one in front of him".

Xu Daozan bent over, and picked out a piece of thin rope from the kid's neck, so, does his apprentice have to bring a jade?

The kid was going to hide, but when he saw Li Zishen kneeling on the ground, he stopped and asked Xu Daogan to pick out the piece of jade.

It was a small piece of jade, crudely carved, like a wolf.

Xu Daoqian sneered, silently called little wolf cub, and then asked, "You don't have a name either?"

The kid frowned and didn't speak.

Li Zishen sighed behind Xu Daoqian, his master had such a temper, but this child might not be able to stand Xu Daogan's words, so he helplessly called his master.

Xu Daogen wanted to say something, but the kid in front of him said with a strange accent, "...No, no."

No serious old man became interested and shouted hello!

"No surname, no name? Since it was picked up for nothing at the foot of the mountain, let's treat it as a melon gift. The surname is Song!" He murmured again, "As for the name... Huaijin holding Yu, Huaijin... let's call it Huaijin , Song Huaijin! What a good name!" At the end of the speech, he even boasted, as if he really thought that the name he chose was not bad.

Li Zishen knew that this was a strange interest of Master, but Song Huaijin himself seemed to like this name very much, and repeated it several times.

That night, Xu Daoqian called Li Zishen into the house and deliberately avoided Song Huaijin.He just wanted to remind Li Zishen that there was nothing wrong with bringing that kid back, and don't forget what the name Zishen meant.

However, Li Zishen did not look back, nor did he regret it, but only thanked his master.

Song Huaijin lived alone for several years, so he was naturally clever. He hid under the window and listened to most of Xu Daogan's words, so that night, he wanted to sneak down the mountain.He wanted to go out of the mountain and still live his own life.It's just that there is a maze in Gaotu Mountain. In the middle of the night, he had to hide in a tree in order to avoid the beast.Before dawn, it was Li Zishen who found him, took him down from the tree, and said that you could stay.

The sky of that day is bright when you see the sun,

Later, Li Zishen went to Liangzhou again and bought back the honeydew melon that Xu Daogan wanted.

Naturally, he didn't tell Li Changying about the things in the teacher's school, he only said that he was doing things for others, but later he forgot and made a mistake, so he had to go again and told more about his experiences in and outside Liangzhou. Li Changying listened very well I am happy, I feel that the little master is really talented, as if he has been everywhere.

When the lecture was over, there was an urgent letter to report.

Li Changying is getting older this year, the queen mother intends to return the power, and the little emperor himself is very talented, so he gradually begins to handle state affairs.

He intended to keep the young master to listen with him, but Li Zishen waved his hand and said that His Majesty should discuss with Xu Shoufu and the others.

In fact, it's not that Li Zishen didn't help Li Changying to seize power, it's just that he didn't want to do this after all, and he was already thinking about stepping back from the position of Taifu and doing something else.

Li Changying didn't insist on asking him to listen, so Li Zishen left Wenhua Palace.

When he left the palace, he suddenly remembered the premonition about the rising wind and rain a few months ago, which might be related to this urgent report.