This old friend of Mr. Meng is the Taoist in front of him.
This Taoist was the famous Taoist Master Wuwei near Zhongnan Mountain. Even the two hunters recognized him and came up to thank him for the gift of medicine last time.
Wei Yan listened to their conversation and saw that Taoist Wuwei was carrying a medicine basket behind his back. Only then did he realize that Taoist Wuwei was also proficient in medical skills.
After the two hunters left, Taoist Master Wuwei smiled and said: "I saw two magpies chirping on the branch for a long time this morning. I knew there must be an important guest. I didn't expect it to be Brother Meng. This is your new disciple.
Bar!"
Mr. Meng did not rush to answer his question, but looked at him up and down, "Wu Weizi, you are getting stronger with age! You are obviously only a few years younger than me, but you look like you are ten years younger than me.
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Taoist Master Wuwei laughed and said, "If you live in this mountain like me, without worldly affairs to disturb you, and chant sutras and eat vegetarian food every day, you will be as strong as me. I'm afraid you won't be able to leave this secular world!"
Mr. Meng sighed: "I don't want to leave this world, but it's not for myself. Well, let's not talk about it. I rarely come to your place once, so you must treat me well and don't fool me with those wild vegetables."
Wuweizi smiled heartily and said: "How dare I? If I really dare to fool you with wild vegetables, aren't I afraid that you will set a fire and burn down the ancient temple where I live?"
Wei Yan quietly watched them talking and laughing, feeling extremely envious. He envied Mr. Meng for having such an old friend, and envied Taoist Master Wuwei for living in such a place and having such a cheerful and bright personality.
He followed the two of them across a stream. When Mr. Meng went to see if there were any fish or shrimps in the stream, Taoist Master Wuwei looked back at Wei Yan.
"Brother Meng always likes younger students who are calmer, but you seem to be more silent than other disciples." Taoist Master Wuwei stroked his beard and said: "I think you don't look good. You are too tired from walking on the mountain road.
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Following his habit, Wei Yan was about to say that he was fine. But when he thought of Mr. Meng's words to persuade him, he nodded slightly.
"The path on this mountain is indeed difficult to walk, but I'm just a little out of breath." After all, Wei Yan was not used to revealing all his discomforts, so he hid half of what he said.
Fortunately, Taoist Master Wuwei just smiled and said nothing.
Mr. Meng searched for a long time in the stream, but could not find a fish or a river shrimp. He was inevitably a little disappointed.
"Brother, stop looking." Taoist Master Wuwei said, "Tomorrow I will take you to a deep pool, where you can catch a lot of fish and shrimps."
As soon as Mr. Meng heard that there were fish and shrimps to catch, he immediately became interested. During the rest of the journey, he only listened to Mr. Meng talk about how to steam, cook, and fry the fish and shrimps after catching them.
The three of them walked for a quarter of an hour before they finally arrived in front of the temple. The ancient temple was so far away that it felt very close, but when they really started walking, they realized that the seemingly short distance actually took a while.
After finally arriving at the temple, Taoist Master Wuwei asked them to rest in a wing.
Although this temple is located deep in the mountains, it is very clean inside and out.
Taoist Master Wuwei was also afraid that there would be mosquitoes in the wing, so he brought mugwort to fumigate the room for them.
After the house was smoked, the smell of mugwort lingered for a long time. Mr. Meng felt that the house was a little stuffy, so he came out to see Taoist Master Wuwei.
Mr. Meng searched around the temple and found Taoist Master Wuwei cleaning the ham by the stream behind the temple.
"This ham was sent by a hunter the year before last." Taoist Master Wuwei said while washing the ham, "It's good to entertain guests with this ham!"
Mr. Meng nodded with satisfaction. Remembering the purpose of his visit, he asked Taoist Master Wuwei, "What do you think of this junior I brought?"
Taoist Master Wuwei's subordinates paused for a moment, and then said: "I saw his face just now. To be honest, he is better than the few disciples you accepted before."
"What do you mean?"
Taoist priest Wuwei said: "Of course it's a future. This kid will have a bright future. It seems that you have a good vision this time and finally found a talent who can be a general or a prime minister."
"I don't value those who have no future. You know what I value, so tell the truth." Mr. Meng urged.
Taoist Master Wuwei washed his ham and said, "I know you value a person's character, let alone that. This child has a persevering character and an upright character. If he can really achieve the goal of general and general in the future, that will be a big deal."
A great good thing.”
When Mr. Meng heard this, he smiled and said, "With these few words from you, I feel relieved. When I get back, I will officially accept him as my disciple."
Taoist Master Wuwei also washed the ham at this time, stood up and said: "Your disciple is doing well, but his health is not good! I see that his face is pale and his breathing is wheezing, which shows that he has some weak diseases.
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Mr. Meng said: "I also know that he is in poor health and has been traveling for a long time. But with you here, I think no matter how bad his health is, he will never be incurable!"
Taoist Master Wuwei couldn't help but said: "I know you brought this disciple here not only to show me his face, but also because you are thinking about my good things. Well, for the sake of this good boy, that hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum will be
Use it to give him medicine!"
Mr. Meng pushed further and said, "I still remember that you have a wild ginseng in your hand that is decades old..."
Taoist priest Wuwei said: "Well, for your sake, I can use that wild ginseng root for him. I will prescribe him some tonics such as Codonopsis pilosula, Schisandra chinensis, Polygonatum japonica and so on. Anyway, I guarantee that I will take care of him when you leave."
Give you a lively disciple."
What Mr. Meng wanted was his words, so he bowed to him solemnly, and finally said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is the last disciple. I won't trouble you again."
Taoist Master Wuwei said: "Why should we be so polite between you and me? Let's go, don't let your disciples wait too long."
That night, Taoist Master Wuwei cooked and spent an hour preparing a table of sumptuous dishes. These dishes included mountain delicacies such as straw mushrooms and fungus, as well as meat dishes such as pickled pheasant, stewed mountain rabbit with wild garlic, and steamed ham.
Mr. Meng certainly enjoyed the feast, and after Wei Yan tasted a few vegetarian dishes, he also felt that the straw mushrooms and fungus grown in the mountains were particularly delicious.
After the three of them had a full meal, Taoist Master Wuwei brought three more bowls of soup.
Taoist Master Wuwei specially brought a bowl of soup to Wei Yan and said that the soup was specially made for him.
Wei Yan smelled the soup and felt familiar. He took a sip and said, "The soup cooked by the Taoist priest is somewhat similar to the tonic soup made by my wife, but the soup made by my wife is not as rich as the bowl of soup in front of me."
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Wei Yan just casually said that Taoist Master Wuwei might have used the same ingredients.
Unexpectedly, Taoist Master Wuwei looked at him seriously and said, "No wonder."
"What's the wonder?" Mr. Meng asked from the side.
Taoist Master Wuwei said: "No wonder I see that his face is pale, but his steps are not frivolous. It turns out that he has taken tonics such as ginseng. Otherwise, with his body, he might not be able to walk on such a long mountain road."
Ginseng, Wei Yan was stunned and said: "Why don't I understand what the Taoist Master said?"
Taoist priest Wuwei smiled and said: "It seems that your wife bought ginseng without telling you. You don't know that I put some ginseng in this soup."
"The taste of ginseng is quite unique, with an earthy smell. When you taste it and say that your wife has gone through the same tonic soup, it means that this kind of thing was also put in the tonic she made for you."
Wei Yan didn't speak for a while. He didn't expect that Shen Xiu had done so much behind his back.
He didn't know how expensive ginseng was. But Shen Xiu was willing to pay a high price to buy him ginseng to replenish his health.
Wei Yan felt a mixture of emotions in his heart, of course the most touching thing was.