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The four-person road turned around Yu Liulin, turned a corner, and ushered in a long alley of bluestone slabs, on both sides of the alley are scattered houses, although the houses look slightly ruined, but they are quite neat.

Yu Wenlei frequently glanced at the past, and he could see through the end at a glance, this fishing village is not big, and the planning is very simple. He secretly counted roughly in his heart, estimating that there were about forty or fifty families here, more than a hundred people, which was not much bigger than the hidden village.

After he finished looking, he was just about to remind Master to continue telling Fang Cai's story, when he heard Zhao Lingwei ask angrily: "Master, which family is your old family? Let's go and ask for some food first, I'm really tired of eating Gui Ti Pills, and I don't want me to eat another pill today." Hmph!"

Yuxian Zhenren smiled: "The old family is close to me, you just follow me." After speaking, he led the way, and walked into a courtyard at the entrance of the village in three or two steps. He stood in the courtyard and sang loudly: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! ”

The house was built at the entrance of the village, some distance from the other households, and the house looked dilapidated, with crooked windows and doors, and overgrown grass on the roof, which did not look like it had ever been inhabited.

Yu Wenlei said secretly: Why does this family live here alone, even if the house is dilapidated like this, it seems that his family has no labor.

Zhao Lingwei looked disgusted and muttered, "Master, your old man is too visionless, and the friends you have made are so shabby." According to me, if we go to the village chief's house for the night, their house will definitely be better off here. ”

Yuxian Zhenren didn't speak, turned his head and glared at her. Dongfang Miao tugged at her shirt and said softly: "Sister Wei, we are here to do business, we don't need to pay too much attention, it is better to stay here than to sleep in the wilderness." I think that the real person came here naturally because of his arrangement, maybe it means that the master is at his house. ”

Zhao Lingwei looked at Yu Wenlei and saw that he was standing respectfully like a green pine, with a look on his face, so he couldn't say anything more.

At this moment, only a creaking sound was heard, and the wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and a thin unkempt child came out. The child's face was full of mud, his clothes were ragged, and his head was tied with a pigtail, and he looked like he was eight or nine years old.

He stood at the door, staring at a pair of round eyes, looking at the person who came, particularly endearing, and asked in a childish voice: "Who are you, why do you come to my house?"

Listening to the tone of this child's speech, Yu Wenlei's heart froze, and he always felt that this child was so good-natured, as if he had seen it there. After he looked at it carefully for a while, he smiled dumbly, and said secretly: Maybe I have been away from the watch for too long, and I miss my stupid apprentice Qingxian, so I will look at a child I don't know more kindly.

Yuxian Zhenren was also stunned, and asked suspiciously: "This little friend, dare to ask if this is the mansion of Mr. Qiu Tianping?"

The little boy chuckled when he heard this: "Dao Chief, don't laugh, our family is so dilapidated, the relics of the previous time have been sold out a little, and they have long been fallen, where are there any rules to call the house above and below."

Qiu Tianping is indeed my grandfather's name, but his old man passed away more than ten years ago, and I only heard my father mention it, but I haven't really met my grandfather. I don't know who my grandfather is?"

Yuxian Zhenren saw that although this child was full of dirt, he was well-behaved and dealt with it fluently, not like a child who had never seen the world. So he didn't trust it, Shi Li said: "Poor Dao is the real person of Yuxian of Qingluo Mountain Wanshou Palace, and he is your grandfather's old friend."

We haven't seen each other for 30 years, and when we visited today, I didn't expect him to travel west early, which really made the poor road feel lost. I don't know if there is anyone else in your little friend's family, and if you can recommend the poor road. ”

When the boy heard this, his eyes turned red, as if he remembered something sad. He lowered his head and whispered, "No! Since my father died of illness last year, I have been alone in the family." ”

After everyone heard this, they were all embarrassed in their hearts, Zhao Lingwei slowly stepped forward and touched the top of his head, and asked softly: "Little brother, tell my sister what is your name?"

The child was lonely and unconscious, and suddenly felt that his head was being gently touched. He hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw that it was a gentle and beautiful sister, he blushed all of a sudden, and was well-behaved and humane: "Sister, my name is Qiu Wujiang." My father wanted me to get out of the village when I grew up, to go as far as possible, and never to come back, so he gave me this name. ”

Zhao Lingwei looked at Qiu Wujiang with pity, and took out a piece of Luo Pa from his sleeve to wipe the mud off his face for him. Seeing this, Qiu Wujiang turned his face aside shyly and said, "The courtyard is deserted, if you don't dislike my poor family, please go to the house to talk first." After speaking, he opened the door, stretched out his hand and said, "Please come inside!"

When the four of them entered the room, they let their eyes get used to it for a moment before they could see it clearly, and they saw that there were several stones on the ground in the center of the room, an iron pot on the top, and wood burning at the bottom, which was the stove, and a table and two benches under the window on the right. Under the window on the left is a thatched bed, and there is a stack of books next to the bed.

Looking around, the entire earthen wall was blackened by years of cooking smoke, and the air smelled of decay, as if no one had lived in it for many years.

Zhao Lingwei and Dongfang Miao He had never seen such a family standing on the wall and destitute, and they were even more affected by the pungent smell, and they couldn't help frowning and covering their noses with their hands.

Qiu Wujiang followed, closed the door, and when he saw the expressions on everyone's faces, he said, "It's too cold outside, it's better to close the door and get warmer." You haven't eaten yet, so I'll prepare a meal for you. ”

Zhao Lingwei hurriedly shouted at him: "No, no need, we have a return pill to take!"

Yuxian Zhenren sat down and said on the side: "When I first came here thirty years ago, I remember that there was a small wine shop in the middle of the village, which not only sold wine, but also often sold some fruit and cooked food. Wujiang, it's been so many years, is the wine shop still open now?"

Qiu Wujiang said respectfully: "You are talking about Zhao Laosi and Grandpa Zhao, although he is over the age of sixteen, his body is still very tough, and he is still doing business every day." Usually, he often calls me to help and give me some leftover meat and vegetable juice. ”

Yuxian Zhenren bowed his head and said, "That's very good." After speaking, he turned to Yu Wenlei and ordered: "Lei'er, you go to the village to buy some wine and food, and we will also eat delicious food to satisfy hunger and cold." Then he raised his hand and threw a silver ingot at Yu Wenlei.

Yu Wenlei was just about to reach out to catch it, when he saw Qiu Wujiang suddenly rush out of the stab, raise his arm like a civet cat and grab the silver in his hand.

He put the silver in his arms, smiled and said: "Then Grandpa Zhao's wine shop is not easy to find, the Taoist doesn't have to trouble this little brother, just have me go, you sit down and rest for a while, I will come when I go." After saying that, he couldn't help but say, turned around and pushed the door open and rushed out.

Qiu Wujiang ran out of the yard as soon as he slipped away, Zhao Lingwei looked at his back and smiled: "This child has a lot of cleverness, not like an ordinary ignorant child in the mountains, but unfortunately his life is hard, and he has no relatives at a young age." With that, he found a stool and asked Dongfang Miao to sit down first.

She accompanied Yu Wenlei to pace in the room, and when she was bored, she saw a few books at the child's bedside, so she picked them up and leaned against the window to pass the time. When Yu Wenlei saw it, he also sat down and took out a copy to read.

Yuxian Zhenren coughed and said in a deep voice, "Do you know the origin of this child?"

Everyone was stunned, raised their heads to look at Yuxian Zhenren, and Yu Wenlei took the lead and asked, "Isn't he the grandson of your deceased?"

The real person smiled and said, "Take the opportunity to tell that story in one go, in fact, this is what this child's grandfather told me."

However, it is said that the Taoist priest used his magic power to turn the ten stone fragments placed in the saucer, together with the saucer, into a fist-sized compass in an instant, and a slender magnetic needle was embedded in the center of the disk, which looked very delicate and elegant.

The Taoist priest pointed to the compass and said, this refers to the Sipan, as long as you take it to Yu Yuanhai, the direction of the pointer on the disc is the legendary Huqiao Immortal Mountain. Before leaving, he explained to the village chief that he used this change technique, as long as the other person is still alive for a day, this finger pan will exist for a day, and when he is no longer in this world, the technique will be automatically lifted, and he will leave after speaking.

The villagers were not as lucky as the man, so they shouted how to distribute the ten fingers, and everyone was noisy and noisy for a while, and no one was convinced.

In the end, under the mediation of the village chief, the old and infirm, women and children in the village were removed, and forty-five young and strong young men were selected, and then a group of five people was equipped, equipped with a finger pan, and the last finger pan was placed on the shrine of the Liulin Temple at the back of the village, in order to bless everyone to return safely.

In addition, the whole village agreed that no matter what gold and silver treasures the young fishermen brought back this time, everyone in the village would share it according to their heads.

Everyone felt that this arrangement was very popular with the people, so they all agreed to it, and soon the whole village formed a treasure hunting team. Early the next morning, the only son of the village chief led the young people and embarked on the road of going out to sea to find the hidden wonders. ”

"What about later? Did they find the gold and silver treasures, and what other immortal elixir?" Hearing the key point, Zhao Lingwei couldn't help but throw the book aside, couldn't restrain the eagerness in her heart, couldn't wait to be useless, and asked out loud.

Yuxian Zhenren was just about to answer, but there was another squeak, and the wooden door was opened from the outside, and then Qiu Wujiang came in with a cool breeze.

He neatly put the beef offal fish meat held in oil paper on the table, took out a pot of wine from his arms, and said, "This is Grandpa Zhao's freshly scalded wine, which I begged." The road is long, the weather is bitter and cold, and it is good to drink some wine to warm up your body. ”

When everyone saw that he was so shrewd and sensible, they didn't know what to say, and the room fell silent for a while. Qiu Wujiang set up the chopsticks, put the scattered silver he found on the table, and said in a childish voice: "Seniors, brothers, sisters, in fact, I also heard some of what you just said.

My father told me more than once before his death that the reason why our family was driven to live here by the villagers was because our ancestors had made a big mistake and caused the loss of labor in the whole village. ”

Everyone came back to their senses, and it turned out that the village chief was the ancestor of the child. Yu Wenlei was shocked and said, "Didn't all those fishermen who went to sea come back?"

Qiu Wujiang shook his little head and said, "Listen to my father, it should be like this. As for the details, this Taoist chief should know better, after all, he is my grandfather's best friend for many years, and it seems that my grandfather has also told him about this past. ”

Yuxian Zhenren beckoned everyone to take their seats and talked while eating. After a day of traveling, everyone was already hungry in their stomachs, so they were no longer polite, and called Qiu Wujiang to sit down and eat and drink one after another.

Seeing that there was no wine glass available, the real person picked up the flask, turned it upside down and raised his neck to the spout to drink, then wiped his lips with his sleeve robe, and said, "Good wine! It's the same as it was thirty years ago, it's still the same strong smell." ”

Qiu Wujiang was so hungry that his mouth was stuffed with beef, and when he saw the real person praising the wine, he puffed out his cheeks and asked with a smile: "If you always like it, I will call you every day to drink." ”

Yuxian Zhenren was in a hurry to drink, and the strength of the wine came up for a while. He blushed, touched Qiu Wujiang's head, and said, "Thirty years ago, your grandfather told me that his grandfather was the same age as you are now, and that after my father led a group of fishermen out to sea, he never came back.

Although his grandfather's grandfather was the village head, he made a big mistake because of a thought, and later he was not killed, and the family was kicked out of the village. Speaking of which, this has been going on for more than 90 years. ”