Dong'er and Xiaohe temporarily lived in Yangfu, Wanjia left Xiaohe's mother Aunt Song and Xiaohe's sister Xiaolian at home to watch the house, Wan Kezhou took the old servant Zhou Ning all the way down the gallop, changed the dry road and changed the water road, arrived at Taizhou Mansion after 20 days, and went straight to Chunyu's house non-stop, as soon as he entered the old friend's room, he saw a gray-haired, skinny old man lying on the bed opposite, I don't know whether he was unconscious or asleep, in short, there was no sound, and there were several family servants waiting next to him.

Wan Kezhou stepped forward and looked carefully, it was indeed the old friend Chun Yuze who had been absent for a long time, in his memory he was still the old man with a ruddy complexion and vigorous steps, Now his face is as pale as earth, and his breath is like a gossamer, remembering the scene when the two of them traveled together more than ten years ago, sitting on the ground and talking about the road, as clear as yesterday, Wan Kezhou couldn't help but shed tears, lay beside the old friend's bed, and called in a low voice: "Brother Chunyu, I'm here, do you still recognize me?" ”

Chun Yuze seemed to hear someone calling him in a distant dream, slowly opened his eyes, carefully identified for a while, and finally recognized that the person who called him was a friend who had not seen him for decades, his gray eyes immediately bloomed with a little brilliance, struggling to sit up, Wan Kezhou helped his family to help him stand up, put a big quilt on his back to support him and half-lie and half-sit, when he sat down, the hands of the two were already tightly clasped together.

Chun Yuze no longer had the strength to raise his eyelids completely, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, saliva was flowing from the corners of his mouth, he looked at Wan Kezhou, and said weakly: "Brother Wan----- is it really you?" I didn't expect my coffin to be alive to see you. ”

Wan Kezhou squeezed Chun Yuze's hand again, and comforted with red eyes: "Brother, don't say that, you have just passed the sixtieth birthday, and you are still not confused from being 100 years old, when your illness is cured, brother, I will accompany you to revisit the old place, and then go to the old Taoist priest to debate." ”

Chun Yuze smiled slightly, and just wanted to speak, but suddenly coughed violently, and his family members were busy beating his back, and finally spit out a mouthful of sticky phlegm and stopped in the handkerchief.

Wan Kezhou was afraid that he would hurt his body by speaking, so he persuaded him to lie down and speak by himself, he just listened and nodded, and after Chun Yuze nodded in agreement, his family hurriedly put him down.

Chun Yuze's daughter-in-law, the wife of Chun Yubin, the prefect of Taizhou, saw that her father-in-law's complexion was a little better than before Uncle Wan came, and in front of the male guests, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so she said goodbye to her father-in-law and guests, and ordered the servants to go out to repair.

Wan Kezhou first said to Chun Yuze for a while, all of them were Wan Kezhou talking, Chun Yuze nodded and listened, nothing more than to describe his practice in the past ten years, and the Taoist testimonial, and then he couldn't think of a more interesting topic, Wan Kezhou found a copy of the "Tao Te Ching" from his bookshelf and read it to him, in order to accompany him.

Wan Kezhou originally planned to live in Chun Yu's house for two or three days to catch up with his old friend, but after the old friend's wish, he rushed back, went home to accompany his daughter, and had no intention of staying, how did he know that Mr. Chun Yu Ze saw the little friend who forgot the year as if he was returning to the light, Wan Kezhou arrived on the morning he was still lying on the bed and drinking a little soup and water to continue his life, and at night he actually sat up and shouted that he was hungry and wanted porridge to drink, and he wanted to eat steamed eggs, looking like a big event is coming, waiting for the funeral to start the next day.

After dinner, Chun Yubin came to the guest bedroom and whispered to Wan Kezhou: "Uncle Shi, the little nephew sees that his father is very abnormal today, I am afraid that his father will be unknown tomorrow, Uncle Shi can stay in my house for a few more days, and then return to Beijing after all the funerals are completed." ”

Wan Kezhou thought about it, thousands of mountains and rivers have come over, not bad for a few days, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to his daughter, saying that the day of going back would be later than originally scheduled, so that she could wait patiently and don't worry.

Chun Yu up and down the family waited for the next day to get up and run around to report the funeral, but the second morning Chun Yuze was in a better state than the first night, not only to eat porridge, but also to eat pickles, everyone muttered in their hearts: "Can the return to the light last so long?" Dare to love really have strange things happening? ”

In the evening of the same day, the family invited the doctor to take the pulse of the old lady, the doctor frowned while taking the pulse, and after the end of the speech, he said to Chun Yubin: "Lord Prefect, the old man has never seen such a miracle for so many years of practicing medicine, a few days ago to take the pulse of the old man, the old lady's pulse is weaker and weaker every time, today's diagnosis, but it is stable and powerful, it seems that the Taigong is about to pass, congratulations." ”

Chun Yu Governor and Wan Kezhou were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately arranged for their families to make a good banquet for Lang Zhong, and did not forget to add a little broth to Chun Yuze's dinner gruel.

On the morning of the third day, Chun Yu's family was even more happy, the old lady not only ate an extra bowl of porridge, but also got out of bed after eating the porridge, got out of bed and walked back and forth in the house, and had to go again, and was forcibly helped back to bed by his family. There was a lot of discussion in this house, saying that the old lady's illness must have been driven away by the new guest Mr. Wan Kezhou, this Mr. Wan Kezhou must be a person who has attained the Tao, plus some old people who followed the old lady in the early years saw the young Wan Kezhou, out of grandstanding, he said to the people around him that Wan Kezhou was the appearance of the year, so many years have passed without aging, and now it is said that the age is not confused, and the real age does not know how many spring and autumn it, He must have refined the elixir of immortality...... These half-truthful words spread ten, ten to hundreds, and within two days, they spread all over half of Taizhou City.

In the past two days, not only the relatives and friends of the old lady Chun Yuze came to congratulate them, but even the Taoist temples of Taizhou City learned that the prefect's family had come to such a Taoist master, and they sent people to invite Wan Kezhou to teach Taoist friends everywhere, teaching the Taoist experience, the way of health preservation, and the method of prolonging life.

Wan Kezhou didn't expect that he would have such an adventure after coming to Taizhou, he really couldn't cry and laugh, and often shirked to the people who came: "Where is there any way to maintain health, the method of prolonging life, are all exaggerated by some unknown people, Wan is really famous, in fact, it is difficult to bear." ”

These people have been immersed in the immortal path for a long time, how can they easily believe Wan Kezhou's humble words, just ask for guidance from the master again and again.

At the same time, the old lady of Chun Yu's family walked around the ghost gate, returned safely, and the speed of physical recovery was amazing.

He is the same as Wan Kezhou, he is a person who likes to travel around, and now he has been sick for more than half a year, as if he has been a prison for half his life, and he sees that someone comes to invite all the gods and goddesses to teach the Tao every day, and he can't resist the temptation, and he also fanned the flames to take Wan Kezhou to take him out for a walk, and meet all the people who have said goodbye to the same way.

Wan Kezhou couldn't help the soft grinding and hard bubbles of his old friends, so he had to agree to the invitations from all over the place one by one, and he had to repair another letter and send it to his daughter, telling what happened here, and postponing the return time.

Dong'er received two letters from Taizhou in a row, each of which replied, asking her father to take care of her body outside, not to worry too much about her, in fact, her father repeatedly postponed her return, she was still very unhappy, after lunch that day, she wrote a letter to her father, wrote a few words, suddenly felt sleepy, and was too lazy to go to bed to rest, directly lay on the desk and fell asleep, Xiaohe came to put on a dress for her, and went out.

Ji Qing walked in and found that Dong'er was asleep, so he tiptoed over, lifted her slippery cloak slightly, and then gently moved a stool, sat down next to her, and also lay on the table, but he didn't sleep, just lying on his stomach and looking at Dong'er in his sleep with his arms sideways.

Dong'er woke up after a while, she slowly opened her eyes, and saw that Ji Qing's bright and clear eyes had been watching her, and when she woke up, these eyes immediately bent out of a gentle arc, full of a warm smile like a spring breeze: "Why don't you go to bed and sleep?" How uncomfortable these are lying on their stomachs! ”

Although Dong'er woke up, she didn't change her posture, she still lay on her stomach with her face sideways, and said, "You have to take off your shoes when you go to bed, it's troublesome." ”

"Since you don't like trouble, then I'll take it off for you." Ji Qing said that he was about to bend down to take off the other party's shoes.

Dong'er pushed his arm away and sneered: "I woke up and you came to offer your courtesy, it's really an afterthought, it's still tomorrow." ”

Yang Jiqing sat back on the stool and asked, "I saw you writing a letter to Uncle Wan again, aren't you about to go back?" What else to write a letter for? ”

Thinking that her father would return later than originally planned, Dong'er's heart was clouded with a layer of gray displeasure, and she said sullenly: "My father originally thought that Uncle Chun Yu was about to return to the West in the near future, and wanted to come back after the funeral. He couldn't stand the pleadings of others, and he answered everywhere. ”

Yang Jiqing likes Uncle Wan to come back late, so that Dong'er can stay in the Yang family for a while longer. He just showed a little happy smile, because he saw that Dong'er's face was full of dark clouds, he quickly hid his mood, and asked unhappily: "Just stay in my house for a few more days, don't you like it?" ”

Dong'er sighed: "Although this place is good, it is not my family after all." ”

Yang Jiqing reminded in a low voice: "When you get married, this will be your home." ”

Dong'er looked at Yang Jiqing's eyes affectionately, looked at it for a while, and suddenly laughed, and said: "I don't want to live in your house, I'm afraid that you will bully me, relying on you to be a native of this family and bully me as an outsider." ”

"Dong'er, look at me." Ji Qing broke Dong'er's shoulder, facing her, his eyes were slightly red, he stared at her intently, raised his right hand, and said solemnly: "I, Yang Jiqing, swear by my net worth and life, if one day, I do something sorry for Wan Dong'er, I will not die well." ”

Dong'er was afraid that he would swear a poisonous oath, so she had already raised her hand to cover his mouth, but was stopped by Ji Qing's left hand. He grabbed her raised wrist tightly, swore an oath, lowered his right hand, and looked at her with a smug smile.

Dong'er looked at him helplessly and complained: "I didn't persecute you, why did you make such a vicious oath, my father taught me, don't swear a poisonous oath casually, if you can't fulfill it, you will really eat yourself." ”

"Isn't this just to put you at ease?" Ji Qing explained.

Dong'er thought for a while and said, "Ji Qing, accompany me to the garden for a walk, my father said, if you are not happy, go out for a walk, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and your mind can be broad." ”

Yang Jiqing nodded.

It was an afternoon at the end of August, the golden osmanthus flowers in the back garden of Yang's Mansion were blooming strongly, a pair of teenagers and girls walked side by side in the golden flowers, the autumn breeze rose, the branches shook and the leaves swayed, just like the mountain grass in the spring breeze on the crane song mountain when they first met, whimpering lowly.