Dark clouds covered the moon, the stars dimmed, and it was pitch black outside the cave. Only various throbbings coming from the woods could be heard.
Or it may be a branch being trampled by a reckless little beast, or it may be the cry of a frog when courting, or the night cry of an unknown beast.
The elegance of the mountain in the daytime has all disappeared, and Ye An knows that this is what it should have been.
The cave is filled with warm candlelight, but as long as the light extends out of the shadow outside the cave entrance, it will be swallowed up by endless darkness.
Lying in his clothes on this thing called a bed, Ye An waited and looked out of the cave. Almost nothing could be seen outside the dark cave.
The old man was lying on the edge, and his constant snoring made it difficult to fall asleep, not to mention the terrible smell of his feet.
"Old Taoist, you may not know that I am actually quite confused. After I learned that this was Song Shi, the first thought that came out of my head was to kill you. This is my instinct, but my virtue is not
Allow me to do this, don’t worry about it.”
It was still purring, but it had become chaotic. Ye An did not look back, but smiled: "You said what if one day, you go to another place, and this place is completely unfamiliar and familiar to you?"
After the snoring disappeared and he sighed, the old Taoist voice came: "Baby, Taoist has lived for so many years, and he never thinks too much about things. You can always do things according to your heart and you will never go wrong.
Master Dao, I don’t know why you want to kill me, but I know that you must have a shocking secret. Everyone has a secret, but not everyone can keep their true heart. Since you can rush into the cave to save me, it shows that you are
The original intention is good..."
"Aren't you curious?"
"Curious would you tell me?"
Ye An suddenly laughed, tears flowing down the smile on his face. He stood up and stared at the old man with a teasing look on his face. He said seriously: "Stop inquiring about my life experience. I don't want to lie to you. This will be very embarrassing."
tired."
Xuan Chengzi sat up cross-legged, stared at Ye An and said, "Actually, it will make you feel much better if you tell me, and you won't be so tired."
"I said those words at first to shock you, but every word of mine is true. I don't like to lie to people. Now that I'm here, I have to lie to people everywhere and hide my origin. So I need your help to help me."
My parentage is finalized! I’m dead! No one will ask again. I don’t want to live in a lie, I need a destination!”
Xuan Chengzi looked at Ye An and saw the firmness and sincerity in his eyes. He frowned and thought for a while and said: "You are a man. You cannot appear in the world for no reason. Either you are from Dangxiang or Liao.
Or you may be a Tibetan, a Dali, or a barbarian people, but if you are from the Song Dynasty, you must have a family background after all. Unless..."
"Unless what?"
Ye An is very eager to gain a life experience in this world. A life experience that allows him to settle down and live without worries is more tempting to him than any other.
"Unless there is a powerful person who can vouch for you or find a parent for you!"
"Mighty? Who!"
"Who is the greatest in the world?"
"Queen Mother?!"
The old Taoist smiled, and then slapped Ye An on the head: "You are really the sweetheart of Qiqiao Linglong! But I can't say this anymore, only the official family is the biggest in the world, and the Queen Mother is assisting Your Majesty!"
Ye An looked a little unhappy: "It is almost impossible to ask the Queen Mother to guarantee me."
The old Taoist looked at Ye An curiously, as if he were looking at a fool: "How is it impossible? As long as the Queen Mother admits that you are my apprentice, Xuanchengzi, the whole world will admit that the purple clothes you wear when you are a Taoist master are just for show?"
Ye An stopped talking and stood up to fetch water from the wooden basin. The old Taoist shouted dissatisfied: "What, did you say something wrong as a teacher?"
"There is a saying in my hometown that curiosity killed the cat with nine lives. Do you think the Queen Mother can not be curious about a person who turned the tide and helped the building to collapse? Can she not care about his life experience?"
"Hey...you dare to say anything!"
Ye An sighed: "Then take a step back. Wouldn't the Queen Mother not be curious about a person who is as rich as Tao Zhu in the world?"
After Ye An finished speaking, he patted the old Taoist on the shoulder: "Believe me, I can really make a lot of money in the Song Dynasty. Don't underestimate my family education. Although it won't turn the world upside down, it will make me rich in the blink of an eye.
But it’s not difficult, not to mention I brought a lot of things from there.”
Ye An's serious look made Xuan Chengzi also become serious. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "It's true, you won't be satisfied with practicing in my Taoist sect. I have already seen, Master Taoist, that you have no respect for the Taoist sect at all.
I started asking for directions and I was still polite for a while, but then... I looked down upon him!"
"Did you see it?"
"Why can't you tell? How can a person who defecates in front of Daozu be in awe?!"
Ye An said nonchalantly: "You didn't mean that it was a chamber pot..."
"That can't be done in front of Dao Ancestor. This is an act of blasphemy!"
After saying this, they couldn't sleep. Both Ye An and Xuan Chengzi had long since dissipated from their tiredness. Ye An was confused because of his first arrival in the Song Dynasty, while Xuan Chengzi was entangled with everything behind Ye An.
The two sat cross-legged on the bed. The coolness in the cave made people forget the irritability of summer. The night was as deep as water, and there were fewer and fewer movements in the woods. The silence made people put their thoughts away.
In the end, the old Taoist was the first to speak: "You have great ambitions in your journey. The old Taoist knows that you don't intend to take the Taoist way. What do you want to do is the literary way?"
Ye An smiled and looked at Xuan Chengzi: "Only what I believe in can make me leave with peace of mind. My hometown is where my heart belongs..."
Xuan Chengzi's face was full of amusement: "I don't like you! After all, I don't like you, but you are still Taoist master's disciple!"
Disdain also appeared on Ye An's face, and he pointed to the car next to him: "Do you have any other options besides accepting me as your disciple? If I don't care about putting this thing in the world, let alone put this thing in the world.
What will happen if things wander around Yangcheng County?"
"What do you want to do?!"
Xuan Chengzi really didn't know Ye An's plan, but seeing his arrogant look set off alarm bells in his heart.
Ye An has never been a simple person, nor is he a kind person in a certain sense. On the contrary, he is a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Of course, he also has his own moral bottom line.
Ye An had the sunniest smile on his face, but in Xuan Chengzi's eyes, there was something strange in his eyes, and the expression on his face was comparable to the most cunning fox demon!
After getting to know him in just one day, Xuan Chengzi found that he had no understanding of the young man in front of him at all! His words always sounded so sincere, but when you think about it for a moment, it seems as if he didn't say anything at all.
Who hasn't seen anyone at his age? He was lucky enough to meet him even in the 1995 edition! But he still couldn't understand the young man in front of him.