Du Zhen was sad again, turned over on the horse, raised the horsewhip, and jerked a few times, urging the horse to go east. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Ah Zhezhi cried and wet his eyes, and shouted at his back: "Du Zhen, you come back as soon as possible." ”

Du Zhenxiao stayed overnight, all the way to the east, on the road not only one day, through the land of abundant water and grass and then through the ravines and ravines. This day has reached the territory of Tianshui. Although it is not the first time he has left home, it is the first time he has walked so far, many scenes are the first time he has seen in his life, and his mood has gradually relaxed from sadness, his legs are clamped, he gallops on horseback, the wind is whirring in his ears, and the mountain and forest village houses on both sides cannot help but retreat.

When he finally saw the Wuyou River, he grabbed the reins, turned over, and led his horse to drink water by the river. This horse is very big, and Du Zhen is only just more than half a head on the horse's back when he stands upright, and his whole body is black and fat. In the past two days, Du Zhen did not hesitate to run wildly, but it was still in good spirits, with a strong roar, and the horseshoe was only a little worn, Du Zhen loved it very much, thinking that he would give you a horseshoe when he arrived in Tianshui County.

A harrier chirped, he looked up at the sky, saw that the sun was reaching the top of his head, estimated that it was noon, so he went to a winery by the river to buy some food, the light in the store was a little dim, he sat down in front of the door, and often heard Uncle Yang mention, above the rivers and lakes, there were many bandits, he looked out while eating. At this moment, I suddenly heard "Phew! Du Zhen was worried that his baby horse was stolen, so he walked out of the wine house to see what was going on.

But it was a small donkey cart that stopped, and three big men jumped down on it, all of them were in their forties, with thick eyebrows and messy beards, all wearing long clothes and yellow robes, fat sleeves, and a Taiji diagram on the back, thinking that they should be Taoists.

One of them said angrily: "This tattered donkey cart is sore in the butt." The driver was an old man in his sixties, coarse cloth clothes, and he looked like a poor person in the family, so he hurriedly came up to compensate and said: "Master Dao, I'm sorry, only this donkey cart can travel in the little old man's family, and it has been hard for three of you." ”

Du Zhen listened, thinking that these three Taoist priests must have been invited by the old man to go to his home to exorcise ghosts and avoid disasters, so he had nothing to do with it, so he walked back to the house to continue eating.

The four of them also entered the wine house, chose a large table to sit down, and the three Taoists sat down and ordered a few plates of good dishes, all of which were meat and fishy, and ordered two pots of good wine. The three of them talked and laughed, but the old man instigated and touched the money in his sleeve, and his face showed embarrassment.

Daoist Jia looked at him, and said angrily: "Old man Zhang, if it weren't for you crying and begging, our chief Qu would be soft-hearted, and my three senior brothers would never come to your poor country, why, you can't bear to eat your wine and food?" ”

When the old man Zhang heard this, he panicked and hurriedly said: "Willing, willing, as long as the three Taoist masters eliminate the illness and disaster for my wife, the little old man will sell the donkey cart and give filial piety to the Taoist masters." ”

Taoist priest Yi laughed at him and said, "How many baht is your little donkey worth?" Old man Zhang didn't answer, just laughed. At this moment, another Taoist priest whispered to the two of them: "Two senior brothers, did you just see the big black horse in the stable?" The two Taoist priests nodded when they heard this, and the three of them turned their heads and bit their ears.

Old man Zhang listened, and suddenly said, "Three Daoists, this ...... I'm afraid that's not right, right? ”

Daoist Jia annoyed him and said, "Even if you don't make a noise, it has nothing to do with you if something happens." Taoist priest C yelled at the second brother: "Little Er, pack our wine and food, let's take it away and eat." ”

Du Zhen didn't know about these things in the market, but he didn't catch up with Zhou Yuanzhong's predecessors along the way, and he didn't know where he was now and whether he could meet him. As he pondered, he watched the four people who had just gotten off the donkey cart step out of the store and leave.

After a while, he also walked out of the wine house, and went to the stable, but when he got to the shed, he didn't see the big horse, and he immediately called the second brother in the store, and the second brother didn't know it at all. At this moment, the weeds next to him moved, but someone inside picked up the dry grass and crawled out, he just stood up straight and shouted to Du Zhen: "The black horse is yours?" ”

Du Zhen saw that he was also a teenager, the same age as himself, but he was a little lower, thin, his face was full of ash, dirty and black, wearing a filial piety hat on his head, a linen shirt on his body, a torn leather jacket, and a white cloth strip tied on his legs.

When the shopkeeper saw him, he couldn't help but shout: "Bad luck! As soon as your family died, don't run around, and don't let me go? The young man replied, "Okay, you think I'm unlucky, I'll go." ”

Du Zhen stopped him and said, "Little brother, have you seen my horse?" ”

The young man's eyes lit up and he said to him, "I see, but if you want to buy me a pork knuckle to eat, I will tell you." ”

The shopkeeper couldn't look past it, and yelled at him: "You still want to blackmail people? He slapped him over, and the young man hurriedly lowered himself to avoid him, squatting on the ground and holding his head to be beaten. Xiao Er saw him dodge and wanted to kick him, Du Zhen saw that the young man was pitiful, Xu was hungry, so he grabbed Xiao Er and said: "Little Second Brother, don't be rough with him, my horse baby, I am willing to buy this pork knuckle, you go and get one to sell me." ”

When the shopkeeper heard that he really wanted to buy it, he went to the back kitchen of the store to get a pork knuckle and handed it to the young man. The young man didn't care about the unclean fingers, so he grabbed it and stuffed it straight into his mouth, eating lip greasy noodles for a while, and his hands were greasy.

Du Zhen saw him gobble up the whole pork knuckle, and asked him again: "Little brother, can you say it now?" ”

The young man had a full stomach, pouting his teeth, picking at the gap between his teeth and stuffing the flesh with his oily hands, and replied to him: "The black horse was taken away by a Taoist priest in a yellow robe. ”

Du Zhen didn't believe it and said, "How is it possible? My horse has a fierce temperament, and when an unfamiliar person approaches it, it will neigh, and it will be angry, why is it that there is no sound at all? ”

The young man smiled, looked at Du Zhen and shook his head, and replied to him: "Brother, you have never been out of the house, right?" He said this but laughed at Du Zhen without any experience in traveling in the rivers and lakes, he continued: "Those Taoist priests have medicinal powder on their bodies, and they scatter their noses on the horse, and they won't make trouble if they suck it in, and they will be taken away honestly, and our dogs and sheep in the countryside are all stolen by people like this." ”

When Du Zhen heard this, he hated himself for being careless, and asked him again: "Little brother, where can you see them going?" ”

The young man asked him, "Why, what are you going to do?" ”

Du Zhen replied to him: "Of course I went to get my horse back." ”

When the young man heard this, he lay down on the haystack and waved at him, "Alas, I advise you not to make trouble for yourself, we can't afford to mess with those people." ”

Du Zhen said angrily: "Tell me, what are their origins!" The young man shook his head and said, "These Taoist priests are all people taught by the ghost master in the county. ”

Du Zhen was shocked when he heard this, "Ghost Master Teach!" He immediately thought of Li Honghai, and he was even more determined to go to them to find out, and hurriedly asked the young man, "What are these people doing in this country?" ”

The young man replied: "There has just been a plague in our place, and my father died a few days ago, so the old man must have someone in the family who is sick, so he will invite a Taoist priest to come to his house to exorcise evil spirits." ”

Du Zhen nodded and said, "Do you know where that old man's house is?" The boy lazily replied, "Are you really going to ask for your horse?" The old man's house must be on the south side of the village, and I saw them running that way. ”

Du Zhen listened to him and left, then went to the south of the village, and sure enough, he found the old man Zhang's house, the wall of his house was broken, and he saw his black horse tied to the courtyard at a glance.

Old man Zhang's house has three thatched houses, a central hall house, and two bedrooms in the east and west. Du Zhen saw that there was no one in his courtyard and the door of the hall was closed, so he turned over and entered the courtyard, and eavesdropped on the door.

At this moment, the three Taoist priests were in the west room, looking at the old woman lying on the sickbed and dying, smelling the stench, with a look of disgust, and said to the old man Zhang: "Get us some water, I'll burn some talismans, and you and the water feed her to drink." ”

When Old Man Zhang heard this, he hurriedly shouted, "Nizi, bring some water." As soon as he finished speaking, a woman came out of the east house, seventeen or eighteen years old, with a big braid around her neck, a very handsome face, wearing a flower jacket, and her body was very graceful. Is she from the water tank in the hall? A scoop of water was brought into the West House, and when the three Taoist priests saw her, their eyes lit up.

The three Taoist priests exchanged glances at each other, and Taoist priest A said: "Old man Zhang, we still have to do some methods before burning talismans and inviting God, just ask your daughter for help, you will wait in this West House, let's go to the East House to do it." After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Old Man Zhang to agree, so he dragged his daughter into the East House.

Old man Zhang was a little worried, so he wanted to go and have a look, but Taoist priests B and C glared at him and said, "If you dare to disturb our senior brother's practice, this old woman's illness will never get better." ”

was so annoyed by the two of them, Old Man Zhang didn't dare to make a sound.

As soon as he entered the east house, the Taoist priest Jia bolted the door, and when he couldn't wait for it, he pounced on the old man's daughter, and the girl shouted, "What are you going to do?" ”

Old man Zhang heard the movement, and he was about to take a step, and the two Taoist priests B and C blocked the door and asked angrily: "Is this disease still curable?" When the old man Zhang heard this, he reluctantly retreated to the edge of the sickbed.

The Taoist priest slapped the girl with a snap, and said angrily to her: "Daoist master, if you dare to speak out, we will not save your mother's evil disease, she will die, and your father will also die of illness." The girl had no choice but to be pressed down by him and shed tears silently alone.

Du Zhen'er heard that the Taoist priest was going to commit adultery, how could he not be angry? Lifted the wooden window, drilled in, grabbed the belt of Taoist Jia, lifted him out of the room and threw him out of the window, and then he jumped into the courtyard and punched and kicked Taoist Jia.

Taoist priests B and C heard a strange movement, and hurriedly opened the door of the hall, just as they saw their own senior brother being beaten in the courtyard. Both of them drew daggers from their arms, pounced on Du Zhen, and fought with him.

These three Taoist priests are all capable of three-legged cats, how can they be Du Zhen's opponents? Within ten rounds, he was knocked over on the spot. When the three of them saw that they were no match for him, they ran away.

The old man ran out of the house and shouted behind them: "Three Taoist masters, my mother-in-law's sick ......"