The old Taoist priest said: "The old man's name is Zhou Gutong, and the old lady's name is Wu Boying."
"It's just...the two of them are weird."
Hong Kang became interested: "What kind of strange method?"
The old Taoist priest pinched his few gray beards and said: "The old Taoist heard from people that they have been together for more than ten years, but they are not husband and wife and have never worshiped together."
"If you look like this, others will inevitably point fingers, but the two of them are content with themselves and don't pay attention to other people's eyes at all."
Hong Kang said: "It is indeed different from the world!"
"Yes!" the old Taoist priest said, "Some people say that they don't get along with etiquette and law, and some people envy the two of them for their equal approach in handling cases. So, the two of them can be regarded as strange people."
Hong Kang smiled and said: "Since he is a strange person, I must go and meet him."
The old Taoist priest ordered the little Taoist boy to clean the Taoist temple and took Hong Kang towards Tongbai Mountain.
The old Taoist priest had no martial arts skills, so it was Hong Kang who led him up the mountain.
"It's been a long time since I've experienced the feeling of walking as fast as flying!" the old Taoist priest sighed.
The Tao does not ask about longevity.
But Hong Kang looked at the old Taoist priest's old face like tree bark, and estimated that he was eighty or ninety years old.
This age is certainly incomparable to the combined ages of Hong Kang and several other worlds.
But Hong Kang thought that if his martial arts could not progress any further, he might end up faltering like this in the future.
At that moment, my heart became even more determined about “seeking the Tao”!
"We're here," the old Taoist priest said.
Hong Kang took a look and praised: "The scenery where these two people live is quite nice."
On this thousand-meter-high mountain, there is a Yunjin Rhododendron, which is more than a hundred years old. Its ancient trunk is like iron, its branches are like hooks, and its branches are luxuriant and leafy.
Hong Kang had excellent eyesight and saw two people in their fifties from a distance. One was washing clothes and the other was chopping firewood.
Although they are no longer young, they look at each other, smile, and seem to understand each other's meaning without speaking.
The old Taoist priest said that Zhou Gutong and Wu Boying were not a formal couple, but in Hong Kang's opinion, they were better than a formal couple.
In his previous life, Hong Kang traveled north and south, killing along the way, and met many extraordinary people.
There was a scholar named Jin Yuelin, whose attitude towards feelings once impressed Hong Kang.
He is obsessed with a married woman.
That man's name is Lin Huiyin.
Although he is infatuated with Jin Yuelin, he does not appear to be vulgar.
Lin Huiyin and her husband Liang Sicheng held salon gatherings almost every week at their home, and Jin Yuelin was always a frequent visitor to the Liang family salon.
They have the same cultural background, like-minded interests, and deep friendship. They have been living next to each other for a long time.
Wherever Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin moved their families, Jin Yuelin moved next door to them.
If it were an ordinary person, conflicts would have arisen long ago.
But they didn't.
Jin Yuelin was extremely envious of Lin Huiyin's character and talent, and he could talk to Lin Huiyin about poetry, architecture, philosophy, art, etc. Lin Huiyin also admired and loved him very much, and the spiritual communication between them was extraordinary.
Even when Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin quarreled, they sought arbitration from the rational and calm Jin Yuelin. Jin Yuelin often went to Lin Huiyin's home and helped her take care of her children.
At that time, when Jin Yuelin told Hong Kang like this, Hong Kang found it difficult to understand.
It is not only difficult to understand Jin Yuelin's behavior, but also Liang Sicheng's thoughts, let alone Lin Huiyin's attitude.
"You are also a member of the generation. Aren't you afraid that others will criticize you behind your back when you do this?" Hong Kang asked.
"When you really like someone, the whole world does not exist in your eyes except her, so how can you care about the judgment of the world?!" Jin Yuelin said calmly.
"You are a grown man and you are not afraid of criticism from others." Hong Kang added, "But what about her being a prostitute? How can you not care??"
Jin Yuelin glanced sideways at Hong Kang.
Although he didn't speak, Hong Kang could read in his eyes the meaning of "You are a vulgar martial artist, what do you know about your ambitions?"
Especially with that expression, people who look at it are furious.
This made Hong Kang "furious" and grabbed Jin Yuelin and jumped from the third floor.
Before Jin Yuelin could regain his senses, he stepped a little faster and jumped up to the second floor with him.
This time, Hong Kang laughed out loud when he saw that Jin Yuelin, who was originally dignified and looked like an old gentleman, had his hair messed up, his glasses crooked, and his eyes dull.
After Jin Yuelin came to his senses, he also laughed helplessly.
Later, the two separated, one went to teach, and the other went to kill enemies.
Hong Kang heard that Jin Yuelin never married, but he loved Lin Huiyin all his life.
Because Jin Yuelin controlled his emotions with the highest rationality from beginning to end.
He once said: "There are some things we cannot control ourselves, we have to control ourselves."
I have experienced so many things and met so many people. Hong Kang always reminds me of some people inadvertently.
The existence of [Tongbai Shuangqi] reminded him of this friend from his previous life.
…
Having a conversation with the two of them.
After exploring the shortcut, Hong Kang did not leave immediately.
Instead, he asked about the two of them: "I would like to ask, since you two are so loving, why don't you receive the documents and formally pay a visit to the church?"
As his name suggests, Zhou Gutong has an aura of loneliness and sadness all over his body.
Only when looking at Wu Baiying will she show tenderness.
He looked at Hong Kang: "Brother is still young after all. How many couples are born with the same fate, but when disaster strikes, they all fly away?!"
Wu Baiying also looked at Zhou Gutong gently and said, "Although he and I are not an official couple, for more than ten years, we have been better than other people's official couples."
Down the mountain.
Hong Kang was still thinking about these two people.
If ordinary couples could understand this principle, how could they fight eight times and have verbal disputes and lawsuits all day long? !
In fact, when Hong Kang asked that question, he knew that he was not as knowledgeable as [Tongbai Shuangqi] about the relationship between men and women.
Ask yourself why they don’t go to church?
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether we get married or not!
Perhaps it is precisely because they are not married that they can be so in love with each other.
They really wanted to get married and received the marriage documents. From then on, they both felt that they were an inevitable couple. However, they accidentally neglected each other and treated each other indifferently. As time went by, the love between husband and wife became cold, and the love between husband and wife became cold. A useless marriage that involves life and death would be boring.
It’s not that Zhou Gutong and Wu Boying are good because they didn’t go to the church to get married; it’s also not that Tongbai Shuangqi who got married is bad.
Whether they get married or not is just a formality, what's more important is that there must be the kind of love between Zhou Gutong and Wu Baiying.
…
Farewell to the old Taoist priest.
Hong Kang embarked on the journey.
Shenjiamen Town is a small town, but it is a famous fishing port.
It abounds in large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, hairtail fish and cuttlefish.
Hong Kang arrived here because there is the nearest pier to the sea to [Peach Blossom Island].
But Hong Kang didn’t know that his inquiry about the location of [Peach Blossom Island] had already fallen into the ears of someone who was interested...
