Episode 135: A scholar's affair
"It's a good way, it's a very good way. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things, so those who can last and last, because they are not self-generated, can live forever on the good like water, and the water is good for all things without fighting, and they are evil to all people, so they are more than the Tao, live in the good land, have a good heart and are benevolent, good in words, good in governance, good in things, and good in time."
It has been two months since Jiang Chen completely refined the Shan Xiao Neidan, and it is late autumn, in the Kunlun Courtyard, while reciting Taoist classics loudly, the broom in his hand flies, sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground, the fallen leaves are like pieces of red butterflies, and the wind chimes of the magic instruments on the eaves in front of the hall are ringing, and the courtyard is fluttering.
In the past two months, in addition to practicing martial arts hard, he has been cultivating the Tao and practicing the Fa, and comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth. Although the Tao is not visible, as long as you are willing to go deep into it, find its mystery, it will be like a fish in water, the more you chew, the more you feel profound, there is no understanding, it is simply enjoyable.
Or in the early morning on the roof to breathe and practice qi, or sit by the mountain stream and listen to the sound of water, or go up to the roof at night, close your eyes to the moonlight, all kinds of postures, the mood is opened, every time you have the intention to comprehend, you will cheer, the whole body seems to be washed by the elixir of heaven and earth, refreshing and happy.
"What a nameless mother of all things, a good one is as good as water!" At the door, I suddenly heard someone clapping and applauding, and then, I saw a person clapping his hands and stepping across the courtyard and coming in.
Jiang Chen didn't look back, he knew that the person who came was Wang Yi, a scholar who lived in Qianshan, the two had been friends for more than a year, he knew that Wang Sheng was a talented and ambitious person, although the Wang family was rich and noble, but he was able to endure his heart to study hard in the mountain study behind closed doors, even if the family had a wife, he was not slack, his people were not only outstanding in learning, but also had a more cheerful personality, so since they met, they talked very deed, and they often had contacts.
In Jiang Chen's eyes, this scholar named Wang Yi is a typical reader, who reads the books of sages and sages hard, picks up the lights every night, and is poor, just for the title of the gold list and the world!
Perhaps, when every scholar first entered the officialdom, he was full of enthusiasm and ambition, and he wanted to serve the country and benefit the people. However, when they have seen and experienced more, they will be able to understand the darkness of officialdom. If you can't go with the flow and can't stand firm, you can only retreat.
It's just that, whether as an outsider or a visitor from outside the world, although Jiang Chen understood this, he didn't mean to order Wang Yi, he didn't raise his head, just smiled casually: "Wang Gongzi came so early today, could it be something?"
"There is indeed something, and it is a great matter of human life. Wang Yi's face was full of playful smiles: "It seems that you have forgotten that Daoist Zhiqiu has forgotten again, today is the beginning of the month, and I specially came to invite you to go down the mountain to the town to buy rice and grain, lest you patronize the cultivation of the Tao and practice the Fa and starve to death in the Taoist temple." ”
Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that the rice and grain in the Taoist temple had indeed been almost consumed, and immediately responded with a smile: "This is true, Taoist monks cultivate immortals, but after all, they have not yet become immortals, if they are hungry for ten days and half a month, they are afraid that they will have to turn to ghost immortals." At that moment, he returned to the house, changed into a black flash, locked the doors and windows, and then walked with Wang Yi and went down the mountain.
Along the way, the two talked and laughed, and after a while, they walked through a sheep intestine path, turned the corner, and several wooden houses appeared in front of them, which were Wang Yi's study.
When the two passed by the study, suddenly, the door of the study opened from the inside, and they saw a bewitching woman walking out and shouting to Wang Yi: "Son, you are careful all the way, I will cook at home and wait for you." This woman is very beautiful, her face is compelling, and a pair of charming eyes seem to be seductive and slip around Jiang Chen's body.
Jiang Chen gave her this look, and her heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she hurriedly lowered her head and walked quickly, shouting wildly in her heart: "This woman...... It's so beautiful that there is such a stunning beauty in the world...... It's a little abnormal, isn't it?" He felt a wild beat in his heart for no reason, only to feel that he was looked at by the woman, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over his body, even he was a Yang God monk, he felt like he was being targeted by a bloodthirsty tiger, and his heart was cold, and he just wanted to quickly withdraw and leave.
"Knowing the autumn road, knowing the autumn road, wait for me...... Ouch!" Wang Yi was talking to the woman Qingqing and me, but when he saw Jiang Chen suddenly speeding up, he was shocked for a while, and hurriedly shouted and chased after him, but in the end, he was just a weak scholar, the mountain road was rugged, how could he walk too fast, but if he was not careful, he fell to the ground and fell to the mud.
Jiang Chen came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly stopped his pace, turned back to help him, Wang Yi grinned in pain, and couldn't help complaining: "Zhiqiu Dao Chang, why are you walking so fast? It seems that there is a ghost chasing you behind." ”
What is a ghost? Dao Ye himself still has a female ghost! Naturally, there is nothing to be afraid of. But if you change to a monster who has practiced for more than 500 years, it will be enough to choke! Rao is Jiang Chen's demon root cultivation heart, killing is not counted, and when he encounters a threat that is enough to kill, he will naturally give birth to fear, at this moment, Jiang Chen simply felt a little creepy, and hurriedly looked back, only to find that they had gone out of the mountain and went to the official road, he wiped his sweat, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Gongzi, what is the matter with the woman in your fasting? I have never heard you mention that your wife has also moved to the study." ”
Wang Yi smiled: "Her name is Yun Rou, not my wife Chen." ”
"What about you?" Hearing this, Jiang Chen was even more sure of his guess, and between his words, he was already a little restless.
Wang Yihe was so excited that his face was red, he even forgot the pain in his body, and replied proudly: "Speaking of which, this is my creation, two months ago when I came to the study, I bumped into Yun Rou who fainted on the ground at the foot of the mountain, and I heard her say that she was a lady in Zhejiang, because of the disaster at home, the whole family was robbed, she finally escaped and fell here, I saw that she was homeless, Chu Chu was pitiful, so I took her in!"
Hearing this, Jiang Chen's heart brightened, this encounter was basically the same as the plot when he bumped into Dong Xiaoyu, where else did he not understand, at the moment, he snorted coldly, and asked with a bit of playfulness: "It's as simple as just taking her in?"
"This" Wang Yi suddenly heard Jiang Chen ask this, but he was a little embarrassed, after all, he was a scholar, and he still understood etiquette, righteousness and shame, but he was obviously far from understanding and complying with it, he only replied with a red face: "I fell in love with Miss Yunrou at first sight, and after getting along for a few days, because I gradually became affectionate, I couldn't help but be a little uncontrollable, so I did something to reverse my clothes......"
"Alas. Jiang Chen sighed compassionately, looking at Wang Yi's eyes, as if looking at a dead man: "Then do you think there is anything wrong with your Yunrou girl?"
"What's wrong?" Wang Yi laughed: "I said that you are a little too careful, Yun Rou is virtuous and gentle, and the food she cooks is very delicious, by the way, after returning to the mountain, you come to my place for dinner, just so that you can taste her craftsmanship." ”
What's the rice?I'm going to eat at your place, what a joke! Jiang Chen is not Wang Yi, a nerd who doesn't know anything, the other party just glanced at him before, and his blood boiled all over his body, from this point, he can see that the other party is obviously not a mortal, at least he is also a monster with more than five hundred years of practice, no matter how bad it is, he is also a ghost king or something, but it is much more powerful than the female ghost Dong Xiaoyu who raised himself, and the fourth is such a demon and monster, unless he is a master of the Yang God Dacheng realm like an old Taoist priest, he can be sure to surrender, but he has no confidence in his heart.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself: "It's inconvenient, Wang Gongzi, you still have to study hard, it's really inconvenient for me to go and disturb ......."
"How inconvenient? Reading is not interrupted for a moment. Wang Yi said with a smile: "Moreover, when I went up the mountain to find you before, Yun Rou said to me, the mountains are barren, and I and the chief of Zhiqiu Dao live in isolation, and we should have a lot of contacts and take care of each other. ”
It's almost the same ......as making amends? Jiang Chen was covered in a cold sweat, but he didn't say what he really thought in his heart, after all, how could Wang Yi believe him without evidence?
While speaking, the two continued to hurry, but Jiang Chen couldn't help but be a little worried at the moment, recalling the feeling when he saw Yun Rou just now, he already knew that the other party was definitely not a good person, this was a world where demons were rampant, those monsters and evil cultivators, they often ate human flesh and blood and increased their cultivation, then, he and Wang Yi had obviously become meat in each other's eyes. The previous Zhiqiu Yiye had never experienced this catastrophe, because he had never befriended Wang Yi, and he didn't even succeed in refining the Shan Xiao Inner Pill, but he just used his superficial alchemy to refine it into a few low-level pills that were not good, and raised his cultivation to the realm of Yin God Dacheng.
Therefore, from the time when Jiang Chen replaced Zhiqiu Yiye, refined the Shan Xiao Neidan, and befriended the scholar Wang Yi, his fate had deviated from the original track and entered another new track.
"How can this be good?" He hesitated, but suddenly thought that even if Yun Rou was powerful, she should not be very powerful if she thought about it, otherwise she would not have to disguise herself as a beauty or sacrifice her hue to tempt Wang Yi. In the face of mortals, those demons with profound cultivation are usually caught and devoured directly, so there is no need to go through such a big effort.
"Could it be because he was injured? Or is there some defect?" Jiang Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that with his own ability, even if he couldn't subdue the other party, it should be no problem to protect himself, if he watched Wang Yi, a friend who still had some friendship, being killed, it was definitely not what he wanted.
Thinking wildly along the way, he unconsciously arrived at Yuncheng Town, it was a blue sky and white day, and because the beginning of the month, it was a good day to catch the market, and the streets were full of pedestrians, Jiang Chen was suddenly awakened by the lively noise around him, and looked up blankly, his mind was still fluctuating (to be continued. )