"Master, why are you so good today, invite me to drink?"

In the mountains, a small thatched hut. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info behind the thatched hut is a barren mountain, and the thatched hut and the barren mountain are similar, there are not too many furnishings, two wooden beds, a square wooden table, are very shabby, not even a chair, but the shrine in the corner of the house is more exquisite, wiped clean, spotless.

At this time, there are two plates of stir-fried vegetables, a bowl of braised pork and a jar of wine on the square table.

The wine is self-roasted, and it is packed in an old jar, and it is very fragrant.

A teenager took a sip from a small bowl, smacked his lips, and said, "Tsk, this wine is good." I said, Master, what's wrong with you today? Usually you are reluctant to even eat meat, and you secretly drink wine by yourself, why is it suddenly so bright? ”

The old man opposite him drank the wine in the bowl and said, "Stinky boy, don't talk nonsense, am I so picky?" ”

It is probably not enough to say that he is an old man, because although his beard and hair are all silver-white, his face is red, there is not a trace of wrinkles, and his eyes are also bright, and it is really difficult to tell his age.

The boy said, "If you don't pick on the door, then you see what we are like now......

I saw an old man and a young man, standing across the table, because there were no chairs, the two of them were standing at the table eating and drinking, which was really ridiculous.

The old man turned his face and said, "Lu Fan, how many times have I told you, this is practice!" Cultivation is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. If you don't want to practice, you can, and don't eat. ”

Lu Fan smiled and said, "Master, look at you, are you serious?" I didn't say I didn't practice...... Hey, Master, you haven't told me yet, why are you eating this meal tonight? ”

This young man named "Lu Fan" has clear eyebrows, bright eyes, and a bright smile, and there is a scar on his face, which is oblique between the eyes and the corners of his mouth, but this scar not only does not make him ugly, but makes his face look more indescribably charming. This young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old gives people the impression that he is a beautiful boy.

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "Have a good meal, just to see you off." ”

Lu Fanqi said: "See you off? Why did you see me off? ”

The old man said, "Just because you're leaving tonight." ”

Lu Fan's eyes widened, his mouth grew up, and the braised pork in his mouth also fell out: "I...... Leaving tonight? Where am I going? ”

The old man did not answer immediately, but threw him something.

Lu Fan took it and saw that it was a large envelope, and took out a beautifully made ...... from the envelope Letter of Acceptance.

It reads: Guangcheng University admission notice, Lu Fan, congratulations! Our school has admitted you to study art and design in the School of Fine Arts and Design. Please come to the school with this notice to register, please refer to the "New Student Admission Instructions" for the specific time and place.

There is a seal at the place where the payment is made.

Sure enough, there was a copy of "Admission Instructions for New Students" in the envelope.

It doesn't look like a fake.

But I didn't even go to high school and didn't take the college entrance examination, so where did I get the admission letter?

Lu Fan looked at the old man strangely.

The old man said, "Go to this school and find a person, a girl, her name is Huangfu Xinran." Your mission is to protect her. ”

Lu Fan frowned: "Why is this?" ”

The old man put down the wine bowl and said: "It's a long story, let's tell you briefly, that is, for the teacher and the Huangfu family has some origins, in the early years his family was kind to me, and I promised to do one thing for the old man Huangfu, later, the old man's granddaughter was born, I went to congratulate him, and by the way he looked at the female baby, but unexpectedly saw that the girl's life is different, the eight characters are all yin, and she is safe and sound before adulthood, but as soon as she arrives at the age of 18, she will be haunted by a hundred ghosts and invade a thousand evils, not only can she not live, but the soul will also be eaten by ghosts and evils, and she will not enter the reincarnation.

"For so many years, I have been trying to find a solution, but I can't get it, so I can only let a master of magic guard her and ward off evil spirits for her. This is what I promised the old man. This year, the girl is almost 18 years old, and it's time to keep her promise. ”

Lu Fan pointed to his nose and said, "So, let me go?" Am I a master of Taoism? ”

The old man nodded and said: "You have practiced with me for sixteen years, and you have learned seventy or eighty percent of my skills, if you are not a master, then what is a master." And since you are my only apprentice, who will do this if you don't do it? ”

Lu Fan said with a bitter face: "Master, you also said that I have only learned seventy or eighty percent of your skills, and I haven't learned them all." Let's go down the mountain, what if we mess up the mission? ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Master and apprentice often have to keep a hand, don't be too greedy." If not, you can come back to me. When you are full, go on the road, this is far away from Guangcheng, and it is not a few days before the registration time, don't delay. ”

Lu Fan thought to himself, I lost my parents when I was three years old, and was adopted by the master, and for sixteen years, the master has provided me with food, clothing, housing, and taught me Taoism, martial arts, and cultural knowledge.

Nodding his head, he said, "Okay, I promise you." But don't rush me away yet, I still have two questions to ask. ”

The old man said, "You ask." ”

Lu Fan asked: "What kind of emperor does her heart look like, how can I recognize her when I get there?" ”

The old man said, "Isn't there a picture in the envelope?" ”

Lu Fan said, "Oh? ”

I rummaged through the envelope, and sure enough, there was a photo inside.

The photo is a little girl of seven or eight years old, with sparse and yellow hair, black and thin, freckles on her face, and some buckteeth, which is not a beauty embryo at first glance.

Lu Fan couldn't help but be disappointed, he thought he was going to be a bodyguard for a beautiful woman, which was not a chore, but ...... But this is a dinosaur, alas......

Lu Fan asked: "This photo is too old, right?" ”

The old man said, "I took it ten years ago, and there is nothing else." There is a mobile phone number behind the photo, which belongs to the father of the girl, if you really can't find anyone to call again, the big boss is usually busy. ”

Lu Fan was paralyzed, and he didn't know anything, this was an agent mission, right?

Then he asked, "What about ...... How did this come about? ”

He pointed to the vast number of admission letters in his hand.

As far as he knows, Guangcheng University is a key university, and it ranks relatively high among Huaxia universities, but it is not a pheasant school, and it is what kind of means to get an admission letter without passing the exam? Can Master have such a means?

The old man squinted his eyes and said, "I only know that the Huangfu family has a big business and a lot of energy, so it shouldn't be difficult to get a university admission letter." ”

Lu Fan took a breath, Ao Groove, so hanging?

At this time, the old man waved his hand and said, "Go, go, there is a bag hanging behind the door, which contains some things I have prepared for you." ”

Lu Fan smiled and said, "Hey, what is it?" ”

When I walked to the door, I found that there was a black backpack hanging on it, which was really flattering in the shape, rustic, but very capable of holding things. After opening it, there was a set of ordinary sportswear, a set of yellow Taoist robes and Taoist crowns, a burden wrapped in pen, ink, paper and inkstone, some cash and a bank card.

There are three thousand in cash.

The old man said, "There are 100,000 in the card, and the password is the date of the day I picked you up." ”

Lu Fan put the bag on his back, walked to the shrine in the corner, respectfully put on the three pillars of incense, and chanted "Sanqing Daozun bless disciple Sanqing Daozun bless disciple", then turned around and walked towards the door.

The old man glanced at him, then turned back and continued to eat and drink, without saying anything.

Lu Fan didn't say anything, he knew that there were some things that he didn't need to say, such as goodbye, if he could say goodbye, he would naturally see again, and if he couldn't see him, he would never say it again. He walked ten steps out of the door, stopped, turned, shook toward the hut, and walked down the hill.

The sky is full of stars, and the sky is very high.

Although it is summer, in the Diancang Mountains of the Yunling Plateau, the night wind still carries a biting chill. Lu Fan didn't seem to feel anything, looked up at the starry sky, and was stunned for a while. Although he will see such stars from time to time in the future, he will not stand here and watch. He immediately left the place where he had lived for sixteen years and walked into a strange world.

Is he afraid? He's not afraid! He just felt a very strange feeling in his heart, and he couldn't say what it was.

But he went all the way and didn't look back.

In about an hour, he had already descended to the Malong Peak of Cangshan Mountain.

The darkness and ruggedness of the mountains could not stop him, and the poisonous snakes and beasts in the mountains did not seem to dare to provoke him.

There is a small village at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, the villagers went to bed early, and most of the lights in the houses had been turned off, and only one was still bright.

Lu Fan walked towards the house.

Master asked him to go overnight, but he couldn't go at night, and he couldn't go to Guangcheng for nearly 2,000 kilometers, so he couldn't walk there.

Spend the night and buy a ticket to take the bus.

As soon as I walked outside the door, I heard a whining cry from inside, a little frightened, a little miserable, I don't know if I lost my money or died.

Lu Fan only found out at this time that there were couplets with black characters on a white background pasted at the entrance of the courtyard, and high incense was inserted on the left and right, and the high incense burned, flashing in the dark night, and there were many wreaths against the wall.

He said in his heart, it seems that there is really a dead person.

It is not an auspicious thing to borrow the mourner's house, but now that other people's homes have closed their doors and turned off the lights, it is not good to disturb again, and he does not want to sleep outside, anyway, Lu Fan is a Taoist priest, and he is used to seeing yin and yang supernatural things, and he doesn't care, so he raised his hand and knocked on the door of the family.

Hearing the knock on the door, the cry inside was paused, obviously unexpected, after a while, there were footsteps approaching, but I felt a little trembling, and after a while, a man inside asked, "Yes...... Who is it? ”

His voice trembled, and he didn't know what he was afraid of.

Lu Fan said: "Fellow, you open the door, my name is Lu Fan, passing by here, it's getting late, I want to spend the night." ”

The door slowly opened a line, and an eye leaned inside, and when he saw Lu Fan, he opened the iron door.

The man who opened the door patted his chest and said, "So ...... It turned out to be Master Lu, I thought it was, I thought it was ......"

Halfway through the conversation, he didn't say anything, just looked left and right outside the door.

Lu Fan lived with his master in Malong Peak, Cangshan for 16 years, and traveled to more than 10 villages nearby, sometimes practicing medicine, sometimes changing some food supplies, and sometimes helping the villagers solve some troubles, so the villagers basically recognized the master and apprentice, and respected the two of them very much.

The man saw that there was nothing unusual outside, so he asked Lu Fan to come in quickly, and then closed the iron door and hung three or four big locks.

Lu Fan asked strangely, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" ”

The dark-skinned man looked at him, wanted to speak and stopped, but finally didn't say anything, and invited Lu Fan into the house.

Lu Fan stood still and asked, "Uncle, when you opened the door just now, you said that it was me, do you still think ...... Who do you think is coming? ”

The man was stunned.

Lu Fan looked at the courtyard and the house, and said, "I look at the ghosts here, there must be something ominous." Anyway, it's better for me to go camping outside. ”

As he spoke, he really turned around and wanted to go out.

The man suddenly grabbed him, patted his head with his other hand, and shouted: "Oh, look at me, look at my brain, why didn't you think about it?" Master Lu is a master at dealing with those things! Master Lu, please stay, please stay, you must save us! ”

When Lu Fan heard him say sincerely, he stopped, turned his head to look at him, and said, "Then you come and listen, what happened here?" ”

The man said, "Let's go into the house and talk." ”

This family is the most common type of "three bedrooms and one wall, four in five patios" in Dali, Yunzhou.

There is a screen-like wall at the main entrance, called the light wall, and the living room is opposite the wall.

The living room is not big, and there is a coffin in the center, which makes the living room seem more crowded.

The man invited Lu Fan to sit at the small table in the corner, and called his daughter-in-law and daughter to serve tea and melon seeds and fruits.

Lu Fan glanced at the coffin a few times.

Coffins, also known as longevity coffins and old houses, are used to carry human remains, and the most common ones are made of wood, generally cypress, pine, nanmu, willow, and paulownia. There are also coffins made of copper, stone, etc. Liucheng, Xiguang Province, because of the good production of wood, coffin-making technology is very high, so there is a saying of "living in Hangzhou, wearing in Suzhou, eating in Guangcheng, and dying in Liucheng".

Lu Fan took a look, this coffin is a good coffin, made of nanmu, it costs a lot of money, and it should be used to hold people who are very important to this family.

However, although the coffin lid was now closed, it cracked a few cracks, and the coffin nails seemed to fall off after being nailed.

Depending on the situation, it should be that the person is dead in the coffin and about to be funeral, but why is this happening?

At this time, the man's daughter-in-law and daughter brought tea and melon seeds and fruits, and Lu Fan saw that the eyes of the two were red and swollen, and they had obviously cried many times.

The daughter was very smart, although she was dressed plainly, she couldn't hide her beautiful color and graceful figure, and her red and swollen eyes from crying made her feel even more pitiful.

The man handed over the cigarette, and Lu Fan waved his hand and said, "Thank you, I don't smoke." ”

Before the man could speak, Lu Fan stood up, pointed to the coffin and said, "Let me ask you, where is the body in there?" ”

The family of three was shocked.

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