It is the ninth day of the Lunar New Year in the year 104 of the Dafeng Calendar.
Qingtian said, Xiaoyu.
The dwarf bamboo-like Taoist temples were washed clean by the pattering rain, and there was some quiet water mist on the eaves of the old and new temple buildings that were hundreds or decades old.
Chen Huaifeng was holding his teaching aids - a pile of things for making tea. When he came back from the teaching temple, he saw a figure wandering with an umbrella in the forest paths that had begun to become green. .
Chen Huaifeng walked over and asked curiously: "Why did you come up the mountain today?"
In Huaidu, Chen He was probably the only one who could make Chen Huaifeng say such a thing.
This person from Xianyun Yehe stood on the road, pulling at a branch and looking at the newly grown flower buds. He was probably wondering what kind of tree it was. The flowers bloomed so early, and some of them could already faintly see the color of the flowers, which were white.
Hearing Chen Huaifeng's question, Chen He didn't look back. He just stood under the umbrella and tilted his head to look around.
"It seems like you are really adapting to life in the mountains."
This answer may be a bit incorrect.
However, Chen Huaifeng didn't care. He just smiled and said, "Before I left the Sword Sect again, I was always a quiet person."
Chen He naturally didn't know those things.
Who knew when you were hiding?
Probably seeing Chen He still studying the flowers on the tree.
Chen Huaifeng kindly told him the answer when he passed by.
"That's the camellia tree."
Chen He raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Huaifeng's back as he walked over.
"Don't the camellia trees have red flowers?"
Chen Huaifeng said with a smile: "There are also white flowers. By the way, don't mess with them. I will use this thing to make tea."
Chen He retracted his hand and followed Chen He over.
"How do you make tea with this thing?"
"After a while, just pick off the flower bones. Speaking of which, the people of Qingtian Dao are also strange. They are obviously Taoists who practice Qingxiu. There are so many things that can be used to make tea in the mountains, but they still rarely make tea."
Chen Huaifeng complained helplessly, probably because the teaching during this period was not going well.
"I called the gourds over, and they were better at soaking them."
Chen He thought for a while and said: "Didn't Qingtian Dao have a major change a few decades ago? Either it was someone who used to practice it, but it went into chaos for a while and then forgot about it, or it was someone who was not a Qing cultivator before. After the chaos, , and then started the Qing Dynasty."
"It seems to make sense."
Chen Huaifeng opened the door of his small bamboo house. As soon as he entered, Chen He saw the sword hanging on the bamboo wall. It should be the south wall?
Maybe it means something, maybe it doesn't, it's just casual.
Chen He leaned against the door and watched Chen Huaifeng playing with his tea set.
"I'm leaving town."
Only then did Chen He answer Chen Huaifeng's question.
The latter looked back at him, but didn't say anything. He lit the stove, took a pot of water and put it on it. He also brought two straw futons and placed them at the door.
A person like Chen Huaifeng would probably not throw it in front of Chen He and ask him to sit down.
Chen He will do it.
So he seemed very polite.
Chen He sat down at the door, with the stove nearby. Chen Huaifeng moved a small low table over and placed it between the two futons.
The bamboo hut is very simple, so when entertaining guests, it has to be rearranged.
There was a plate of peanuts on the table - Chen He thought it would be something for making tea.
Probably seeing Chen He's strange expression, Chen Huaifeng said sincerely: "Eating peanuts is good for replenishing blood and vitality, and it is also good for health."
Chen He thought for a while and said, "So eating is also good for health?"
Chen Huaifeng said: "That's for sure."
Chen He said with a smile: "I thought people who care about health would regard these grains as impurities that will accumulate."
"Keeping in good health is keeping in good health, and practicing pure cultivation is pure cultivation. Immortality and Taoism are the stereotypes of the world. Only those who eat in vain and are fat are the true immortals."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Chen He originally thought that people like Chen Huaifeng couldn't tell jokes, so he laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe.
After leaving the miscellaneous things in Jianzong and needing this senior brother to look after, Chen Huaifeng seemed to have changed a bit.
But maybe nothing has changed.
Probably Zhang Xiaoyu wouldn't feel it was against the rules.
After all, at the beginning, the Chen Huaifeng that the world had never seen was just a person wandering around with nothing to do, holding a cup of tea.
It was just that Zhang Xiaoyu was forced to stay in Yichi, so Chen Huaifeng put aside his leisurely activities and walked on the streets of Nanyi City.
People from the Human Sword Sect are naturally gentle when nothing happens.
The water on the side is burning comfortably.
The fire is bright. Although Qingtian Road is in the north, it is not too cold after the beginning of spring. The drizzle is lingering, but it has a feeling of February and March.
Chen He peeled the peanuts while looking at the stove nearby. The peanuts were old peanuts from last year and tasted very mellow.
The stove is new and there is not much fire scale on the outside of the kettle.
"Why are you leaving town all of a sudden?"
Chen Huaifeng asked, looking at Chen He who was eating peanuts there.
Chen He was probably thinking about making some peanut cakes or something like that. After a while, he came back to his senses and said casually: "It's just that you happened to be here, that's why it felt so sudden. I came from Nanyi City Leaving is meant to wander around in the world.”
Chen Huaifeng nodded and said, "That seems to be the case."
"But not this time."
"..."
Chen He turned around, looked at Chen Huaifeng and said slowly: "Xu Chunhua is going to Huaidu to find his little lover, and she plans to let me accompany her."
Chen Huaifeng did not speak.
Under Jiang Shanxue's guidance, Xu Chunhua came up and asked him.
So he also knew the reasons for some stories.
After that, Chen Huaifeng entered Qingtian Dao.
Of course, Chen He didn't know about such things.
So people from Xianyun Yehe are still complaining.
"How long do you think her little lover has been away for? Not even a month, so we have to find him now."
Chen Huaifeng was silent for a long time and said, "Maybe she is afraid that I will lie to her."
"What did you lie to her about? Oh, yes, she came to you to ask about the whereabouts of her little lover, but how did you know?"
As Chen He spoke, his expression became strange. He threw the peanut shells in his hand into the stove, leaned over and said, "Isn't her little lover the unlucky Taoist you gave a big hat to?" .”
Chen Huaifeng said sincerely: "If there is no second Mei Xiyu in Qingtian Road, then there should be."
Chen He looked at Chen Huaifeng in front of him for a long time. The man who maintained good health all year round was full of energy between his brows. After changing into a Taoist costume, he became less sharp and more peaceful. He did have what he said. Such a divine demeanor.
However, this does not affect Chen He's evaluation of Chen Huaifeng.
"Why do I feel like you are like the great villain in this world, making other people's lives and families destroyed?"
"..."
Chen Huaifeng was speechless.
After a long time, the thirty-two-year-old Taoist said: "After all, someone has to do bad things."
"I am a senior brother, so I have no choice but to come."
Therefore, a carefree junior brother will live longer, and then become the next generation of strong junior junior uncle, or the next generation of junior senior uncle.
But in this case, sometimes it is not an excuse.
Chen He patted Chen Huaifeng on the shoulder across the small table.
"Then you are really unlucky. When you get to Qingtian Dao, you will still be your senior brother."
After all, people like Chen Huaifeng are considered to be outstanding people of the younger generation in Qingtian Dao. They are older, so naturally they are senior brothers.
Chen Huaifeng smiled softly and said, "It doesn't matter, it won't be the case in the future."
"what is that?"
"It's the master of the temple."
Chen Huaifeng has always been sincere.
Sincerity is gentle, sincerity is decisive, and sincerity is fierce.
When he thought that Cong Ren wanted Hu Lu to be the leader of the sect, he told Hu Lu directly, so now that Bai Yuyao planned to make him the leader of the sect, he did not hide it.
Chen He took a deep breath and ate several peanuts.
"Wait a minute, it's a bit messy, let me slow down."
Chen Huaifeng smiled slightly and looked at the idle little boss who was doubting his life.
I just thought you were a little confused.
I was a mess too.
A man who has been practicing swordsmanship since childhood was suddenly invited by the Taoist Grand Temple in the north to be the temple master.
Anyone else would find it confusing.
Chen Huaifeng didn't know why, but suddenly he thought of a long time ago, when he was a little kid, Bai Fengyu came to Jianzong to find Congren - no, he went to Jianzong to find Congren. At that time, he probably wouldn't have thought of it. , I will inherit a place like Qingtian Road from his descendants in the future.
Things are unpredictable. Things are unpredictable.
Chen He thought for a long time, but just sighed.
"Senior brother, it's a good idea."
"What good means?"
This time he turned into Chen Huaifeng in confusion.
"From the beginning of health care, step by step, making such a big move, taking control of Qingtian Dao in one fell swoop, successfully reversed the situation of the contemporary sword sect being indifferent and far inferior to the Dao sect. Isn't it a good method?"
Chen He was chewing peanuts while talking.
It's a pity that there is no wine here, otherwise it could be more delicious.
"...."
Chen Huaifeng was silent again.
Chen He smiled and said, "I'm just kidding."
Chen Huaifeng said softly: "I almost thought you wanted me to die."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The water on the side slowly boiled.
Chen Huaifeng walked aside and brought a can of wolfberry over, poured two cups of boiling water, and then sprinkled a few wolfberry seeds into it casually.
Chen He stretched his neck and looked at the wolfberries that were floating like little red fish inside.
"Is it so casual?"
Chen Huaifeng put the can of wolfberry back to its original place.
"Are you a health person?"
"no."
So there is no need to say more about the rest.
If you don’t maintain good health, just sprinkling two wolfberry seeds on you is already good.
The two sat quietly at the door of the bamboo house for a while.
The rain is gurgling outside, and spring is coming.
The tea was almost ready for the mouth. Chen He picked it up, took a few sips, and then put the cup down.
Once upon a time, he, Chen He, also drank tea.
It's just that after fooling around for a while, I stopped drinking. Now I'm not used to drinking such bland things.
Maybe it's because this is tea with only a few wolfberry berries. If it was a cup of strong tea, Chen He would probably drink it happily.
But after all, it was a farewell tea after a long separation, so Chen He still drank the tea that Chen Huaifeng had not worked hard to make.
As for his own cup, it remained untouched.
Chen He was very weird like this.
"Why don't you drink?"
Chen Huaifeng said very calmly: "Because I am full of water now."
Chen He looked confused.
Chen Huaifeng said rather helplessly: "I just came back from the lectures earlier. The Taoist masters are all at an alarmingly high level, but the tea they brew is worse than the last. I have to go and taste it for them and drink it over and over again... ..”
“e=(′o｀*)))alas”
Thousands of words, all in sighs.
Chen He laughed.
"Then you poured yourself a glass?"
Chen Huaifeng said slowly: "After all, it doesn't look good to just pour one cup."
Chen He took a look.
I found that it does look better if I pour an extra cup.
There is drizzle on the quiet mountain, the pyloric door of the bamboo house, and a cup of hot tea sitting there quietly with steam rising up. It is indeed a very calming picture.
But Chen He didn't look at it much. Although it wouldn't explode if he looked at it more, he still put down the tea cup and stood up.
"gone."
Chen He walked to the door and picked up the umbrella he put there.
Chen Huaifeng also stood up.
"I'll drop you off."
"No need to bother."
Chen Huaifeng still insisted on giving it away.
"I actually didn't understand some things very well before."
Chen Huaifeng also picked up his umbrella and walked with Chen He on the road.
"It wasn't until I left Nanyi City and stayed in the mountains that I realized that it is indeed a very happy thing to be greeted when you travel far away and welcomed when you return."
Chen He said with a smile: "Then when you walk in the world, you can still find some friends to celebrate the New Year with."
Chen Huaifeng smiled softly.
"Yes."
The two walked slowly in the drizzle path.
From time to time, a person would come out of those Taoist temple buildings. When he saw Chen Huaifeng, he would call him senior brother or sir sincerely.
Chen He looked at the expressions of those Taoists very carefully.
When the two of them reached a secluded place down the mountain, Chen He said softly: "It seems that you will really become the temple master in the future."
Chen Huaifeng said calmly: "Yes."
The mountain in Guanli is not high.
It's just a mountain in a green mountain.
Therefore, you don’t have to walk very far on those mountain paths that are simply paved with stone slabs.
Chen Huaifeng stopped at a viewing pavilion and stood there holding an umbrella. He watched Chen He continue to walk down and said very gently.
"All the best."
Chen He smiled and waved, and said with a hint of teasing, "Thank you, sir."
The man with the wind, rain and snow in his arms stayed in the mountains, while the man with the idle clouds and wild cranes left the town.
Chen Huaifeng stood there and watched from a distance.
It’s still the same wheelchair car that used to run around Nanyi City.
The things in the stall were put away.
The small-town girl wearing a floral skirt and holding a small white umbrella sat curled up on the shelves in front of the wheelchair that were once filled with poems. Chen He was driving there.
Probably because he saw Chen Huaifeng's small figure still in the mountain, he let go of the handle and waved again.
This caused the small town girl to look back at the mountains.
Chen Huaifeng stood there quietly but felt guilty.
Then I walked back to the mountains holding an umbrella.
...
Return to the path to the bamboo house.
There was another figure wandering there, standing under the umbrella, raising his hand to pull over a branch, leaning over, and gently smelling the scent of the budding flowers on the branch.
The fresh smell of white camellia cannot be smelled in flower bones.
There is only a green taste.
Maybe it's rain, maybe it's branches and leaves.
Chen Huaifeng stopped there holding an umbrella.
"I heard from my uncle that originally there were no camellias in the mountains."
Jiang Shanxue stood there, let go of his hand, stood up straight, turned to look at Chen Huaifeng who was standing in the drizzle, and said with a smile: "I started planting it thirty-two years ago."
Chen Huaifeng didn't speak, just stood quietly under the umbrella in the rain.
"Uncle Master said that this was something that the Temple Master had already settled. Thirty-two years ago, it should have been when you were born, Senior Brother."
Chen Huaifeng raised his eyebrows after listening to this sentence and said, "If this is the case, does your junior brother also believe it?"
Jiang Shanxue smiled softly and walked towards Chen Huaifeng.
"Of course I don't believe it, but just like the folklore, many emperors have various visions. Many things are used to build momentum."
Jiang Shanxue stopped in front of Chen Huaifeng.
"Sometimes the purpose of creating momentum is to win some people's favor."
The young successor of Gu Qingtian Dao stood there with a slight smile.
"Sometimes the purpose of creating momentum is to flatter and kill some people."
The two stood under the umbrella and looked at each other across the umbrella. Chen Huaifeng looked calm, while the latter was smiling.
"I don't know what my uncle is talking about, but since he told me, it probably means the latter."
Chen Huaifeng just stood there quietly.
"I originally thought that the burning of Bai Guan meant that the master wanted the ancient Qingtian Dao to return to the world." Although Jiang Shanxue was smiling, there was always a hint of melancholy in his words.
"And she also asked me to go back to the mountain and start being a teacher."
"I thought that when my senior brother arrived, he would leave soon."
After Jiang Shanxue said this, he fell silent. That silent smile always seemed to be a bit regretful.
He lowered his head and looked at Chen Huaifeng's shoes, then raised his head and looked at Chen Huaifeng's face.
Such a former senior fellow of the Southern Sword Sect was very tall.
It is much higher than Jiangshan Snow.
Jiang Shanxue probably didn't understand something.
For example, southerners who are always smaller than northerners, how could they have such a tall senior brother.
For example, why did Chen Huaifeng suddenly stay in Guanli and start working as a teacher?
Moreover, his students include not only new Taoists, but also many masters and uncles.
So Jiang Shanxue sighed for a long time, looked at Chen Huaifeng and asked, "Is that true?"
Chen Huaifeng and Jiang Shanxue did not talk as much as Chen He.
Until now, Jiang Shanxue asked that question.
Chen Huaifeng said calmly: "Yes."
Then this tall Taoist passed by Jiang Shanxue.
Jiang Shanxue stood there, the smile on his face finally disappeared.
Looking back at the figure holding an umbrella and heading towards the small bamboo house.
Jiang Shanxue said calmly: "From now on, we will be enemies."
Chen Huaifeng did not answer.
I walked to the bamboo house and started drinking the cup of wolfberry tea that had not completely cooled down.
I drank myself to death.
It's up to you.
