"Tiancheng, you sit down, and my father will talk to you about something. Shopkeeper Yang said.

Tiancheng saw his father's serious expression and was a little at a loss, so he refilled his father's teacup with some water, and sat on the chair opposite his father, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

What's the matter with Dad?" Tiancheng asked his father cautiously. ”

Father said: "Tiancheng, you are eighteen years old in a flash, everyone in Qingyang Town knows that my medical skills dare not be said to be the first, but they can be regarded as famous." And you are very talented, you have been quite successful in traditional Chinese medicine over the years, and I have also learned seven or eight times out of ten, so it can be said that you will rely on this to eat in the future, and you will be able to worry about food and clothing. ”

But why did your father invite your husband to read and write articles for you?

Shopkeeper Yang said here, picked up the teacup in his hand, gently picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, put down the cup in his hand, and continued: "Over the years, I have seen doctors and sold medicines, and the accumulated family background is also quite solid. But Wanguan furniture, at best, our family is just a rich man, if you want to get ahead, you have to test your fame and do great things, only in this way can you get ahead and glorify your ancestors. "That's what I'm asking you to read.

Dad, Tiancheng said: "Isn't the child studying hard." ”

My son has just passed the Tongsheng examination, and I will strive to achieve a better reputation in the imperial imperial examination in the coming year, so it will not be in vain for you and my mother to work hard for me.

Tiancheng, my father said: "Those who achieve great things must first have the protection of great luck, so as to achieve long-term luck and good luck, but the latter is hard work." ”

Tiancheng looked at his father in surprise and said, "Dad, the boy doesn't understand what you said?"

Child, listen to Daddy, don't interrupt me, Daddy is talking to you about something.

"In these ten miles and eight villages, the people know that I am a Langzhong, who opened such a pharmacy and treated people every day. ”

"What is hiding from us, Dad!" Tiancheng looked at his father with some ignorance.

Don't interrupt Daddy. Shopkeeper Yang continued: "A few years ago, when I had not been married to your mother for a few years, I had just had you, and your sister had not been born at that time. ”

At that time, the young man ran back and told me, I came out to see, the man was still alive, and hurriedly asked the young man to carry the Taoist priest into the house, and then after some conditioning by me, the Taoist priest's body slowly recovered.

In fact, the Taoist priest's body was fine, but there were some minor problems on his body, and he ran out of money in his pocket, and he collapsed from hunger and cold.

Tiancheng looked at his father and asked, "Dad, what happened later, what happened to the Taoist priest?"

Later, the shopkeeper Yang pondered for a while, and then said: "Soon after the Taoist priest recovered, he came to say goodbye to me, and repeatedly thanked the "life-saving grace" and said that there would be a reward in the future. ”

The Taoist priest told me that he was bothering all night and would leave tomorrow morning, so I asked the Taoist priest to drink, which could be regarded as his resignation.

While we were drinking, the Taoist priest said to me, "Engong, I am a charlatan, I have no money or power, and I can't repay your life-saving grace, and ask me if I would like to learn some Taoist magic from him."

Dad, Tiancheng said, "I guess you must have learned from that Taoist priest, right? Well, yes, my son is so smart." ”

At that time, my father was young and curious, so he answered.

The Taoist priest said: "My surname is Deng, my name is Jiuling, and my Taoist name is Muxu. ”

I belong to the Maoshan faction, since you worship me as a teacher, you can also be regarded as a foreign disciple of the Maoshan faction, the sect has rules, I can't accept apprentices casually, let's be a verbal master and apprentice.

"Dad, if you tell me this, won't you also want to become a Taoist monk?"

Hahaha, Tiancheng listened to it funny, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Nonsense, my father is a pharmacy, what kind of Taoist priest.

At that time, I toasted the Taoist priest three glasses of wine, which was considered an apprenticeship.

After drinking three glasses of wine, the master said to me, "Since you worship me as a teacher, it is only natural for the apprentice to take charge of the master's food and drinks, and in this case, I will stay with you for a few days and teach you some Taoism, and in the future, you will rely on your own understanding." ”

In this way, Master Mu Xu lived in our house for more than a month, teaching me some Taoist formulas and exercises every morning and evening.

Alas, it's been many years since I said this, when the master Muxu Dao Chang often hugged you, and told me and your mother about you, "This son is not a thing in the pool, and it will be transported to the canopy, and the blessings and disasters depend on each other, but in the end, it can always turn disasters into blessings, and the auspicious people will become great in the future."

Tiancheng said: "Dad, does my mother know about you and the Taoist master?"

I don't know, the master won't let me tell your mother, so I've been hiding it.

After living in our house for more than a month, the master suddenly left me with only a letter and a few Taoist books.

The master said in the letter: "Apprentice, today you and I are separated from master and apprentice, and I don't know when we will meet. The master has learned half a life, proficient in physiognomy, especially looking at feng shui is a must, has been roughly taught to you, now I leave you some of my Taoist formulas, and the master's learned and realized experience, in the future you can participate in what extent, all by their own creation. He will meet you and my master and apprentice in the future, and hope to do it for themselves."

Tiancheng said: "Dad, the child is still confused, why are you telling me this?

Well, of course it matters, Tiancheng slowly listens to me, and you will understand in the future.

After the master left, in my spare time to see a doctor and grab medicine for the people in the vicinity, I followed the master's teachings every day, and in this way, my father and my Tao were also a little successful in the past few years.

One day, my father was in urgent need of medicinal herbs, but they had to be freshly picked herbs, so I went to Qinglong Mountain to see if I could find them on the mountain, but I accidentally found a place with excellent feng shui.

"Here the boundary, the left green dragon, the right white tiger, Zhongmingtang, the water flow is tortuous, and the Tibetan wind gathers qi. ”

This foreshadows the appearance of wealth and wealth. It can cause future generations to travel thousands of miles and bow in all directions, which is actually the vein of the emperor.

After my father discovered the feng shui here, I didn't look for the medicine, and hurriedly used the masking technique taught by the master to seal the disappearance of the feng shui here, so as not to be lucky and obtained by others.

Tiancheng said in surprise: "Dad, don't you want to be ......the emperor?"

Tiancheng looked at his father with straight eyes.

Messing around, the shopkeeper Yang said: "Dad is a Langzhong, what kind of emperor should he be." ”

Son, you don't understand, if you can occupy the dragon vein here, when I am old and die, as long as you bury me here, the descendants of our Yang family will be emperors......

Tiancheng said: "What you said is amazing, why do I feel like a dream?"

Tiancheng was very curious, and got up and refilled his father's teacup with some water.

"Son, this is not a dream, this is true, and my father can't see it right or wrong. ”

Saying this, Shopkeeper Yang's face suddenly darkened.

Hey! Yang shopkeeper sighed, it's a pity! Dad still made a wrong move, just because I covered up the heavens, and went to inspect the boundary here many times, because I was always afraid of being discovered by others, so I committed a big taboo, the so-called peeping at the sky, will be punished by heaven.

"Dad, is this serious?" Although Tiancheng didn't understand this matter too much, he still seemed to understand the general meaning, and knew that it was never a good thing, so he subconsciously stood up from the chair.

It was very serious, and Shopkeeper Yang's face became a little pale at this time, and his voice trembled.

"The so-called wealth is in danger, and my father's name is Yang Fugui, which may be in accordance with the will of heaven. ”

"Dad has deduced myself in the past few days, knowing that my own limit is coming, which means that my father is about to pass away......"

"What, Daddy, don't scare the kids. Isn't that true, Dad?"

Tiancheng was shocked that the six gods had no master, and he was completely overwhelmed all of a sudden.

"The will of heaven cannot be violated, it is true, from the hexagram, from now on, my father will only have seven days of yang life. ”

Tiancheng was taken aback, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, but what you said was true?

The sudden blow made Tiancheng a little overwhelmed, and when he woke up, he couldn't help but feel sad from his heart, hugging his father and crying......

After a while, Shopkeeper Yang gently patted Tiancheng's back.

Hey, the matter has come to this, and it is not something we can recover, Tiancheng, Yang shopkeeper said: "You are also eighteen, you must be strong in everything, after your father dies, you will be the pillar of the family, remember to take care of your mother"

"Son, what our father and son said today, you must hide it from your mother, don't let your mother see anything these days, and tell her slowly in the future. ”

"Remember, Tiancheng?" asked the shopkeeper Yang.

Daddy, I remember, Tiancheng said in a choked voice.

Shopkeeper Yang continued: "I will take you to Qinglong Mountain early tomorrow morning, so that you can also take a look at the place where I discovered the dragon vein, and by the way, I will explain to you some of my father's future arrangements." ”

Father......

"Dad is a little tired and needs to rest for a while. ”

Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand and closed his eyes quietly.