"Old rascal, why hasn't the helper you said come down yet?" I peeled the garlic in my hand and squatted on a chair. The two large bowls of egg noodles with tomatoes on the table were my dinner with the old guy.

"You think you can come down when you say it, and you can come down only after the formalities are completed." The old guy took a bite of garlic, snorted a mouthful of noodles, and answered me without raising his head.

"Grandpa Taibai, do you know how to tell fortunes?"

"Don't pretend to be polite to grandpa. Grandpa can tell fortunes, but I'm afraid that your kid can't afford to pay for incense. ”

"Your uncle's. Tell me how much you want. I heard from a colleague today that there is a farmer in Zhangjiashan, Jingyang, who can be invited to the possession of the Dragon King of Jinghe, and his fortune telling is accurate. The incense fee is also very cheap, as long as a big rooster, a stick of incense, and twenty yuan. "I don't understand why this old thing is so stingy, what is the point of fortune-telling.

"Jinghe Dragon King? Where do you say the man is? Let's go to him. "When the old rascal heard what I said, he stopped eating, and put down the bowl and pulled me up.

"What are you doing? Didn't you see that you were eating? The man heard that he was in a village on the edge of the Jinghe River in Zhangjiashan. I'm going to Jingyang tomorrow to go to the customer, if you want to go, I'll take you there. But if you go, you can't let someone tell your fortune for you, your behavior belongs to kicking the hall. "I'm very dissatisfied with the attitude of the old rascal, even if you are a matter of importance, you have to wait for me to eat. couldn't help but muttered again: "My peers are enemies!" ”

". Grandson, do you still want to complete the task? It is estimated that eighty percent of this matter is related to the peach, and I have to ask tomorrow. After the old man finished speaking, he took a bowl and ran to the kitchen to fill a bowl of noodle soup and drank it.

As the saying goes, people can't eat enough, and once they have a full meal, they are easy to be cheap. I'm just bored after a full meal, and I'm amusing the old guy.

"Old rascal, don't you play?" I wiped a deck of classic poker out of a drawer.

"Hey......" The old guy was full of disdain, and took the playing card with ease.

"Bullfighting?"

"Bullfighting! Lose a cigarette and call grandpa again. Otherwise, grandpa won't have time to play with you. The old guy said with the old god there.

A minute later......

"Give you cigarettes. Don't be complacent, old fellow, I saw that you didn't smoke and let you. I was unconvinced.

"Grandson, you haven't called grandpa yet. Otherwise, grandpa wouldn't be interested in playing. ”

"Grandpa. Your uncle's. ”

Five minutes later......

"Grandpa, the cigarette is gone. Smoke me one of your wins. "I regret myself a little bit, I shouldn't be cheap.

"Little thing, I still want to win grandpa. I am not afraid of thunder and thunder. The old guy threw me a cigarette.

"Sleep, sleep. Master is too tired from work today. Fight again tomorrow" After speaking, I ignored the old guy, entered the room and closed the door and went to sleep.

Actually, I'm not one who can't afford to lose, really. Since I was a child, I have not played poker less, and I am not happy to win on weekdays, but happy to lose. Who would have thought that today it would be planted in the hands of an old rascal?

I have to suspect that the old guy uses immortal methods and the like to get out of the old man. Speaking of cheating, I am known as a gambler on weekdays, with a gentlemanly demeanor, and I will never cheat out of thousands of other disgraceful behaviors. It was a disgraceful act to go out of the way, so when I went to the bathroom at night, I snuck up to the old fellow and picked up the cigarettes he had won me with my right hand, and I made sure that I stroked each cigarette with my heart.

As for why I use my right hand, I don't bother to explain, anyway, I usually shake it with my right hand.

Then I triumphantly went back to my room to sleep. This night, naturally, there were no dreams.

Speaking of Jingyang, it is actually not far from the city where I work, and it takes less than an hour to get there by shuttle. At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, I got on the shuttle bus to Jingyang with Tai Baixing, a bad old man, and then arrived in Jingyang smoothly. Because the first thing I did here was work, I took the old guy to the customer first, and when I was carefully checking all kinds of electrical faults, the old guy was always urging me to hurry up. I said to him angrily, "You can do it, you can do it quickly." Tell me what's wrong with this machine? ”

"You think grandpa repairs electrical appliances. Hurry, less nonsense. Grandpa was hungry. ”

Generally speaking, our products do not have any particularly serious problems, most of them are poor contact caused by some transportation processes, such problems are quickly repaired. But I usually rub a meal at the client's place and decide whether to go back to the office or continue to find an excuse to spend the day outside, depending on the mood. But it obviously won't work today, and the lewd old guy next to me can't wait to pull me out.

I called and asked for the fortune teller's address, which was a place called Zhangjiashan. Zhangjiashan is a scenic spot, 30 kilometers away from the county seat, and there are shuttle buses to and fro. After nearly forty minutes of walking and stopping, I finally arrived at the place, which was a place with deep mountains and ravines. According to the old man's wishes, we got off the car at the mountain pass and continued along the riverbank, and when we passed a river beach, the old man babbled that this place was so resentful. My face was full of incredulity, this is probably the first time that the old guy has shown his true skills in front of me since he said that he was a god.

The gods are indeed prophets of the unknown, I deeply believe so.

I saw that the old guy continued with a worried face: "I am afraid that there have been grievances here for thousands of years. Presumably it was caused by the evil dragon of the Jing River at the beginning."

"This must be the place where the Jinghe Dragon was beheaded, right?" I say.

The old guy probably saw the banter in my eyes, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "You saw it too?" ”

"Nonsense. The words so big on the stone read: Dragon Scale Beach, the land where Wei Zheng dreamed of slashing the dragon of the Jing River. I pointed to the handwriting on a stone not far in front of me, and continued with some disappointment: "Grandpa." Are you immortals so shameless? ”

After what happened just now, the old guy didn't seem to be ashamed, but proud. All the way continue to point to the east and point to the west: "This mountain is quite aura, presumably there must be a place for cultivation in the mountain." ”

I really don't want to deal with this old thing, I originally thought that the gods were really unpredictable prophets, who knew that the old guy was looking at the introduction all the way. You just have to look at the arrows, keel holes. Just by the name, I know it's a good place.

The old guy seemed to be in good spirits all the way, and kept chattering. I didn't bother to listen to what he had to say. I really want to know, I think I'd better buy a guide to the attractions. Suddenly, the old guy said to me solemnly, "It's almost there." He gestured to a few houses at the foot of the mountain not far away.

Ten minutes later, we knocked on the door and entered the courtyard.

This is a simple farmhouse courtyard, two tiled houses, a stone table in the courtyard, and a few small stools. Old man Chen, who opened the door, pointed to the small stool and motioned for us to sit down. At first glance, Chen Laohan looked like an honest peasant, with a pair of cloth shoes stained with mud, his hands covered with calluses, and a restrained smile on his face.

I stood up a little nervously and asked, "Uncle, can you see things here?" ”

"Yes. What do you want to see? When I go to the house to offer incense, I invite the dragon king to come and ask you again. After Chen Laohan finished speaking, he entered the room.

Two minutes later, the following conversation appeared in the courtyard.

"Ahh It's you. ”

"Ahh Sure enough, it's you! ”

"Well, you're still here."

"Yes. We have to come. ”

Listen, there are so many unnutritious conversations, and I am a little bored lying on the stone table. I really couldn't stand these unnutritious conversations, and couldn't help but yell: "Can you have something interesting?" Can you still have a pleasant exchange? ”

A minute later, the three of them sat around the stone table. The old man, who had transformed into the Dragon King of Jinghe, took out a crumpled cigarette and gestured at us with some embarrassment, and then the three of them began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog.

"Evil Dragon. More than a thousand years later, don't you know what happened? The old fellow finally spoke.

"Hmph...... More than a thousand years. I know I'm sinful, but it's wrong for me to want to cultivate a physical body? ”

"Do you know that stealing peaches is a great sin? Now, you are attached to this old man, what do you want? ”

"Steal? I didn't steal peaches. The monkey stole it, and you can't do anything about it. What I eat is the fruit that this kind faith Chen Lao Han gave me. Now I possess him, one is to repay my kindness, and the other is that I can get more incense and become flesh as soon as possible. What's wrong? The Jinghe Dragon King was obviously a little angry.

"Alas. Stop. I'm talking about two gods and demons. Can you get down to business? If something is said and solved, I will be able to go back. It doesn't seem to be early, and there is no shuttle back any later. I really couldn't stand this kind of conversation, so I pointed to Chen Laohan and said, "You speak first, explain the ins and outs." ”

"Hmph. On that day, I was beheaded by Wei Zheng, but fortunately I was merciful by Guanyin Bodhisattva, a drop of nectar to protect my soul, and asked me to cultivate virtue diligently, and I will have a good result in the future. I was also given the Ice Spirit Divine Bead by my eldest brother, the Dragon King of the North Sea, to help me practice. I have gone through penance for more than a thousand years, and I have never dared to commit adultery and evil. A few days ago, I was doing penance in the Erlong Temple, and the good faith Chen Laohan came to worship me, and I saw him take out the fruit from the basket and worship it one by one, among which there is a peach, looking at it is not an ordinary fruit, I thought that this must be this side of the immortal mercy on my thousand years of penance, and finally willing to give me a positive fruit. After I ate the peaches, I only felt that my cultivation had increased greatly, and that it was just around the corner to cultivate my physical body. After that, secretly investigated, Fang learned that Chen Laohan's peach, on the way to my Erlong Temple, he saw a peach on the side of the road, it was very sweet, this Chen Laohan is also an honest man, picked up such a peach, but refused to eat it himself, and brought it to me. Although I later knew that there must be something strange about this matter, but when I read that Chen Laohan worshiped me sincerely and offered me immortal fruits, I possessed Chen Laohan, firstly, to get a little money for him to improve his life, and secondly, I also got an incense to cultivate my body early. I really don't know that the fairy fruit is a peach. ”

After listening to Chen Laohan's statement, I said to the old guy, "It's your turn." Whether it's killing or chopping, get an idea for Heavenly Court. ”

"Sophistry. I don't know if it's a peach, so I should eat it secretly. It is a sin to steal it. ”

Just listen to this and you will know how shameless it is. As an agent of the mortal world, I feel blushing and ashamed. I said fiercely: "Old rascal, can you show some sincerity from the heavenly court and seriously handle the dispute." I was going to treat you to KFC in the evening. ”

"Really, please? I said it a long time ago. That evil dragon, since you know your sin, you should continue to practice your duty, and you must not do evil in the world. Now that you have stolen the peach again, you should change your mind even more, and when I play the Jade Emperor to know about it, I will deal with it. After the old fellow finished speaking, he pulled me and walked back.

"It's not stealing." Behind him, Old Man Chen was unwilling to let out a roar.