"The good-looking skins are the same, and the interesting soul is one in case of one, Wu Gongzi, in this world..."

After returning to the Taoist temple, Wu Gongzi was very resentful and blocked us at the door, the reason was very simple, he wanted to go to the scene to see, if there was a chance encounter, Liu Laodao would not be able to drive people away.

But I didn't expect him to be caught by his mother before he went out, and he refused to let him go down the mountain, Wu Gongzi was seriously ill before, and even his life was about to be lost, and he only got out of the wheelchair two or three days ago, and most of the poisonous sores on his body dissipated, in his mother's words, he was recovering from a serious illness, and his yang energy was insufficient, and he went to the cemetery at night, it was not a big lantern in the toilet, looking for.

Wu Gongzi, who didn't see the scene, was naturally very unhappy, so as soon as he came back, he asked me what was going on at the scene, how it was done, and whether there was any accident or something.

Tonight's ritual was actually very boring, and there was no story happening, so it was naturally boring to talk about, so how could I make such a mistake, so I added fuel and vinegar to it.

"Hey, why did such an interesting person die, and the soul was also driven away by you, I still want to talk to him, after all, such an interesting person is rare"

Wu Gongzi finally sighed, so that Mrs. Wu, who was guarding the side, was frightened, it's over, it's over, his son's brain is broken, and others avoid ghosts, and they can't wait to see them for the rest of their lives, he's good, this is going to talk to the ghost Bing Candle Night, it's not a broken brain.

As soon as I saw Mrs. Wu's resentful eyes looking at me, I immediately ran away, how could I not know Mrs. Wu's thoughts, didn't I think I had brought her son badly, but this is none of my business, and I didn't ask him to do this, I'm afraid, let's slip.

Early the next morning, Liu Laodao and I said goodbye to Daoheng and left, I have been bothering here for a lot of time, I am embarrassed to live for nothing, I must leave.

"You are Brother Liu's apprentice, that is, my nephew, according to the number of etiquette, I have to give you a meeting gift, but there is nothing good in the deep mountains, I will give you a medical book, it is not a profound medical skill, it is a book that teaches you how to massage loose bones, you have time to learn, young people, it is not a bad thing to have one more craft"

Before leaving, that Dao Heng Sai gave me a medical book, which made me scratch my head, Uncle Dao Heng, aren't you joking? You don't have any other treasures in this Taoist temple? Otherwise, give me your peach wood sword, and send Mao medical book.

"Ahem, you kid, I don't know what the elders give, can't you resign, hurry up and accept it"

Liu Laodao patted me on the back, and I quickly thanked that Dao Heng.

"Old man, you said, did you deliberately ask Uncle Dao Heng to give me a medical book to massage loose bones, but in fact, you are implying that I will give you a massage in the future"

On the way down the mountain, I asked Liu Laodao very suspiciously, it's not that he can't do this kind of thing, to put it bluntly, an old naughty boy.

"Haha, how is it possible, I'm one..."

"Okay, sure enough, it's you, dreaming, I told you, you want me to give you a massage, but there is no door"

"Boy, dare to talk to Master like this, look for a fight"

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After a day's journey, we drove to a city hundreds of kilometers away, on the edge of a tributary of the Yangtze River, barely a riverside city, with a large river dividing the city in two, and several bridges across the river.

"Old man, didn't you say that you talk and laugh with a great Confucian, and there is no vain exchange, what kind of master is your friend this time?"

I went to ask Liu Lao Dao, he has always bragged about how powerful his friends are, and I would like to see how clever the masters in this city are this time.

"My friend in this city is not a high-ranking man, he is a great man, a great man, and at the same time, forget it, don't talk about it"

Liu Laodao shook his head and replied, I looked at him when he said this, his emotions didn't seem to be right, how could he feel a little sentimental, it seemed to be very complicated.

"Great man, Master, tell me what a great Fa"

I'm very interested, wouldn't this friend also be a woman, just like Mrs. Gu, there was a past?

"A person who has silently guarded this city for decades and dedicated his life, do you say great?"

Liu Laodao's tone suddenly became stern, and I immediately nodded cowardly, at this time, I must not touch the old man's tiger whiskers, I will be beaten.

"Let's go, find someone"

Liu Laodao bought a map of the city from a newsstand, looked down for a while, and then asked me to go with him.

Liu Laodao seems to have a lot of feelings for this city, and he used to be quite familiar, pointing at the surrounding buildings from time to time, but he was very disappointed, because the once familiar things were invisible, and now, only strangers remain.

In the end, Liu Laodao took me to a bridge, and without speaking, he found a shade and sat down, the traffic on the bridge was rolling, and there were bicycle lanes and sidewalks on both sides, but the weather was too hot in the daytime, and I couldn't see a few people, all of them were vehicles passing by.

I secretly observed Liu Laodao and found that he was looking at this bridge in a daze, and the look in his eyes was even more complicated, which made me want to speak several times, but finally didn't say a word.

It's very hot to sit here, there are a lot of people passing by, and some well-wishers stopped to ask if we needed help or anything, Liu Laodao ignored it, and I had to deal with it with a smile.

After a few hours, it was getting darker, and after a period of rush hour, the traffic around them gradually decreased, and most people had already gone home from work.

But at this time, some workers in yellow uniforms began to appear on the road, which were road sweepers, holding large brooms and riding tricycles to appear on the side of the road and sweep up.

"Excuse me, do you know a man named Huang Zhixiang, an old man, who is also your colleague, who has been a sanitation worker for many years."

When I didn't pay attention, the old man had already stood up and went to a sanitation worker to inquire, and when I passed, the old man was already silently walking across the bridge with his hands behind his back.

"Old man, don't be bored, you have something to say, just say it"

No matter how stupid I am at this time, I know that the old man is in a bad mood and want to comfort him.

But Liu Laodao ignored me and continued to walk forward, and soon, we walked across the bridge, and at the head of the bridge, a thin sanitation worker saw us and immediately became excited.

"Liu Mingchang"

"Huang Zhixiang"

Liu Laodao also felt the other party's strange eyes, looked up, and immediately burst into joy, and then the two shouted at the same time.

The sanitation worker threw away the big broom, and walked over excitedly to hug Liu Laodao, patting each other's backs.

"You're really not dead yet, why did you think about coming to see me, didn't you say you were going to retire?"

"You're not dead, how can I die, let's go, let's have a drink"

Liu Laodao completely forgot about me, and even offered to drink, which made me dumbfounded, although Liu Laodao has always said that he is a fireworker, and he can't help smoking and drinking, but he usually never drinks, and at this time he actually took the initiative to drink?

"No, no, I'm still at work, wait for me, half an hour will be fine"

But the sanitation worker didn't agree immediately, and Liu Laodao didn't rush it, so he found another place to sit down.

The sanitation worker moved quickly, although he looked much older than Liu Laodao, but his body was still very healthy, half an hour later, he finished his work, and then explained to the workers before he came to us.

Liu Laodao became enthusiastic again, the two chatted while walking, talked about some of the past events, and finally we sat down in a roadside restaurant, which was the kind of fly restaurant, which seemed to be a little unhygienic, but the business was very hot.

It didn't take long for the dishes to come up, and I was very interested in eating, not saying a word, but the two of them were still very able to talk, and I didn't see Liu Laodao so excited when I saw Dao Heng a few days ago.

"Lao Huang, how many years have you been guarding this bridge, forty or fifty years?"

"No, forty-eight years, eleven months and seven days"

"It's been forty-eight years, it's been so long, half a lifetime"

"But it's coming soon, the government has approved it, and it will almost have to be demolished next year."

"Demolished, so fast, I remember that this bridge was built according to a hundred years of life, and it was less than half."

"It's almost, how can it be compared with the present, this bridge is too old, it can't cross heavy vehicles, and there are few lanes, it's not cost-effective, it's demolished and a new one is built."

"But old Huang, you..."

"What's wrong with me, a bad old man, can I still be this kind of master? Don't talk about this, let me tell you Lao Liu, all these years, you..."

The sanitation worker quickly diverted from this strange conversation, and then began to talk nonsense, don't look at this Lao Huang is just a sanitation worker, but he is not the kind of old person, he has witnessed the development of the city, and has been able to keep pace with the times, and now even WeChat payment he can.

In contrast, Liu Laodao is much worse, he has been in Qinghe Town for many years, and he has slowly become out of touch with this modern society, so it has always been Lao Huang who speaks.

A meal was eaten for more than two hours, the two of them did not drink less, they were a little drunk, Lao Huang kept asking us to go to his house to live, but we refused, from the chat just now, we know that Lao Huang is not single, even his grandson has gone to middle school, this state to go to someone's house, but very bad.

So we found a small hotel to live in, at this time I pestered Liu Laodao and asked him to tell me the story of Lao Huang, I don't believe that this Lao Huang has no story, it doesn't look like it.

"Next year, the day the bridge is demolished, it will be the time when Lao Huang dies, hey"

But Liu Laodao's first sentence made me dumbfounded, what does it mean? How could Lao Huang and that bridge have such a relationship?