Song Haotian changed the topic and said, "Xiao Xue, you have been with me for almost ten years, right?"
"Yes, I followed the chief when I was in Jiangnan, and it has been exactly ten years now." Xue Qingsheng was shocked at first, and then seemed to realize something, but his face did not reveal anything.
Song Haotian nodded and said calmly: "After this change of office, you should go to Jiangnan City to be the secretary. Staying in the central government may be good for the overall situation, but you lack experience in local governance!"
Song Haotian's words made Xue Qingsheng's heart beat wildly. He quickly stood up straight and said loudly: "Yes, Chief, I will work seriously and will never embarrass you."
Where is Jiangnan City? It has been the richest place in China since ancient times, and it is also a sub-provincial city. With this move, Xue Qingsheng has stepped into the ranks of deputy ministerial level.
"You have been with me for so many years and you have worked so hard. You should have been let go a long time ago."
Song Haotian shook his head gently, continued to walk forward, and said casually: "Bring that child to see me when you have time, I owe him a lot."
After saying these words, Song Haotian waved his hand to signal Xue Qingsheng not to follow him. Xue Qingsheng, who was standing behind, noticed that the leader's back seemed to have suddenly become much older.
"What? Ye Tian left, where did he go?"
Xue Qingsheng didn't know Ye Tian's residence. The next day after asking about Ye Tian's residence, he rushed there in person. After asking the old lady in front of him, he got the result that Ye Tian had left early in the morning.
"I went to Jiangnan City. I'll be back in about two or three weeks."
Ye Dongzhu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him strangely. She had been the director of the subdistrict office for decades. Although she was not a big official, she could tell at a glance that this middle-aged man was within the system, and he was not as good as an official.
Small.
"Well, old man, please let me know when he comes back."
Xue Qingsheng reluctantly left a business card for the old lady. He couldn't chase Ye Tian back to Jiangnan, could he? Besides, considering Ye Tian's attitude towards the chief, whether he would like to see him or not is still one thing -
"Brother Fengzi, I'm sorry to bother you again. Is Niuniu okay?"
When the train stopped at Jiangnan Station, it was already past four in the afternoon. Feng Kuang received a call from Ye Tian and waited at the exit early.
Niuniu is the nickname of Feng Kuang's daughter, who is now three or four years old. Last year, Wang Ying took her to the capital to live for a few days. The little girl liked to pester Ye Tian very much.
"Okay, everything is okay. Your sister Yingying keeps talking about you, saying that you haven't come back for more than half a year." Feng Kuang took the bag from Ye Tian's hand and looked at the two people beside Ye Tian curiously.
More than ten years have passed, and Feng Kuang has grown from that passionate and immature young man to a middle-aged man in his thirties. He has gained a touch of calmness and lost a lot of the impetuousness of his youth.
"Brother Feng Zi, these are my two senior brothers, one is from Taiwan and the other is from Hong Kong."
Ye Tian gave Feng Kuang a brief introduction. He had been growing up in Feng Kuang's family since he was ten years old. He was always like a family member and there was nothing to hide.
"You two, please get in the car." Feng Kuang nodded and opened the door. After more than three hours of driving, Ye Tian took Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun to the foot of Maoshan Mountain.
Seeing Feng Kuang, he also wanted to follow him up the mountain. Ye Tian said, "Brother Feng Zi, please don't go up. I'll give you a call when we go down the mountain in two days. We also need to go see Sister Yingying."
"Sure, if you need anything, I'll bring it to you." Feng Kuang nodded, said hello to Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun, and drove away.
"It's a great place. Master has really good vision. It must be Master's wish to sleep here forever."
Stepping on the path paved with bluestones in the mountains, you can hear the chirping of birds and insects in your ears, and there are bamboo forests and green leaves all over the mountains on both sides. Gou Xin's family, who has always lived in the mountains, is full of admiration for this place.
"This mountain road was paved behind Ye Tian. It was more difficult to walk before." Every time he came here, Ye Tian felt calm in his heart, as if the master's teachings were ringing in his heart again.
"First Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, this is the Taoist temple where Master lived during his lifetime. He has lived here for more than thirty years."
More than half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain. The Taoist temple was no different from when Ye Tian left it, except that there were a lot more chickens and ducks around, which added a bit of life to the place.
"Hey, Ye Tian, you're back!"
As soon as the three of them stopped in front of the Taoist temple, a woman's voice rang out, and Er Leng's sister-in-law drove some sheep down the hillside above.
"Second sister-in-law, where is Er Leng brother?"
Ye Tian hurriedly greeted her and took a closer look at Er Leng's sister-in-law. However, she was also a bit old. The woman who used to have smooth skin now had traces of time on her face.
Er Leng's sister-in-law drove the sheep into the fence next to the Taoist temple and said with a smile: "Your eldest nephew has gone to junior high school. Er Leng has rented a house in the county to accompany him. Ye Tian, who are these two?"
"Sister-in-law Er Leng, these are the other two apprentices of my master. They are here to pay homage to the master." Ye Tian explained Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun to Sister-in-law Er Leng.
Although Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun knew that Ye Tian paid for someone to guard the Taoist temple, they still respected Sister Er Leng very much. Zuo Jiajun even took out a big red envelope he had prepared and stuffed it to Sister Er Leng.
When Er Leng's sister-in-law accepted the red envelope, Ye Tian said with a smile: "Er sister-in-law, you can go down to the mountain and live today. I will stay with the senior brothers on the mountain and I will go visit Master's grave tomorrow morning."
"Okay, Ye Tian, there is no shortage of rice and noodles in the Taoist temple. You can kill the chickens and ducks if you want to eat them. It'll be fine." After giving Ye Tian a few words, Er Leng's wife packed some of her things and went down the mountain.
"Brother, let's stay here for the night. Both rooms can accommodate people."
Ye Tian took a look at the back room of the Taoist temple. Er Leng's sister-in-law had kept it very clean. There were three bamboo beds in the two rooms. There were some middle school textbooks in one of the rooms. Er Leng's son must have stayed there during the winter and summer vacations.
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It was already getting late now. Ye Tian boiled water in the backyard kitchen, then went out to catch a chicken and duck, kill the feathers, picked some green peppers from the vegetable field, and made a meal that was not rich but definitely had a local feel.
Tasty dinner.
Listening to the running water and the chirping of insects in the mountains, Ye Tian slept very sweetly that night. The noise of the city and the bonds of the world seemed to no longer exist at this moment.
At around five o'clock the next morning, the three brothers and sisters got up at the same time. After each occupied a place outside the Taoist temple to practice, Ye Tian cooked some porridge for breakfast.
As the morning sun rises, I sit in the courtyard in front of the Taoist temple, eating homemade pickles and sweet rice porridge, with the gentle breeze blowing in my ears. It feels indescribably comfortable.
"I really want to leave everything behind and live here!" Compared with the pure natural scenery here, Zuo Jiajun felt that the villa at his home was not worth mentioning at all.
Gou Xinjia nodded, suddenly looked at Ye Tian, and said, "Junior brother, in two years, I will come back here to accompany the master!"
"Why two years?"
Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said with a smile: "Okay, senior brother, this is what you said. If I build another spirit gathering array in Hong Kong in two years, don't regret it!"
Ye Tian knew that Gou Xinjia had lost his arm in his early years and had many meridians in his body damaged, but he wanted to use the spirit gathering array in his courtyard to recover from his old illness, so he told him a two-year deadline.
Gou Xinjia laughed when he heard this and said: "I live in the mountains. If I hadn't come to worship Master, I wouldn't have left Foguang Mountain. So what if I returned to the mountains and forests."
Speaking of the environment of Foguang Mountain, it is much worse than that of Maoshan. It was originally a Buddhist holy land transformed from a barren mountain. How can it compare with the paradise of Maoshan?
"Okay, let's go to Master's grave."
Ye Tian went back to his room to tidy up, and when he came out, he carried a large package in his hand. Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun also changed into clean clothes and followed Ye Tian silently.
"Good place……"
After walking up the mountain for about 20 minutes, the trail disappeared and the vision suddenly opened up. Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun looked ahead and couldn't help but admired at the same time.
Gou Xinjia turned over one arm, and a palm-sized compass appeared in his hand. He glanced at it, his face showed surprise, and said: "There is a backer behind, a green dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, a mountain in front, and a mountain in the middle.
Mingtang, with its twists and turns of water, is a geomantic treasure!"
When Ye Tian originally chose the Yin House for his master, he took up the best geomantic omen in Maoshan. This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the place where he steps is the Maoshan Reservoir, which is in line with the saying of "backing mountains and facing water"
, the saying of "hiding wind and gathering energy".
When they arrived here, without needing Ye Tian to say anything, Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun walked a few steps, and a tomb appeared in front of them. In front of the tomb stood a bluestone tablet, which read: The tomb of the respected master Li Shanyuan, and the bottom paragraph: Disciple Ye Tianjin erected it.
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Behind the bluestone tablet, Lao Dao's life story and date of birth are engraved in small regular script.
Ye Tian's approach means that if Li Shanyuan still has descendants in the world, he can gather energy from the wind in the tomb and make his descendants rich and wealthy.
"Master!"
Seeing the words on the stone tablet, Gou Xinjia and Zuo Jiajun knelt down at the same time, took a few steps forward on their knees, and knocked down their heads heavily, both of them bursting into tears with grief.
"Brother, get up and offer incense to Master first!"
Ye Tian stepped forward to help the two senior brothers, took out the incense and candle offerings from the package, and four bottles of Maotai liquor, and placed them one by one in front of the master's tomb.
After putting in the incense candles, Ye Tian said: "Elder brother, come on!"
"good!"
Gou Xinjia wiped the tears on his face, stood between the three of them, and said: "My disciple Gou Xinjia, I have not been able to serve my master for decades, which is unfilial. I will come back and worship my master under the Nine Springs!"
