Finding the Trail Chapter 7 The Road Meets the Crazy Man
"Little brother, do you know that you are about to face a catastrophe." Daoist Yang said with a straight face.
"Calamity?" Yun Qi was taken aback, did the government know my identity? Or did my pursuit of the killer become known?
"Exactly, little brother, I see that your life palace is dim and obscure, this is destined for you to have a catastrophe, if you want to eliminate it, please come over and talk about it." Daoist Yang looked compassionate and compassionate.
Yun Qi has lived in the countryside since he was a child, and later grew up in the mountains, he really didn't know that what Yang Daoist said was just his normal routine, no matter who he met, he was like this, first scared people, and then walked down step by step, through continuous conscious conversations, to obtain the information needed, and finally to achieve the purpose of making money. When Yun Qi heard that a catastrophe was coming, he couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly approached the hexagram stall, bowed and said, "This Taoist chief, please help me solve my doubts, where did the disaster come from?" ”
Yang Daochang stroked his beard, smiled indifferently, and waved his hand: "This little friend, I said that there is a big disaster coming, you may not believe it, I will make a few hexagrams for you, what do you think?" ”
Yun Qi glanced at Daoist Yang suspiciously, and then sat down on the small stool in front of the stall.
"Little brother, please report your birthday to me, and I'll count it." Yang Dao said.
"I was born in the year of Guiyou, the month of Ding, the day of Gengchen, and I belong to the chicken." Yun Qi replied honestly.
When Yang Laodao heard this, he shook the sleeves of his robe, raised his skinny left hand, and quickly pressed his thumb on the knuckles of the other four fingers, as if he was calculating something, and there were words in his mouth, and after three or five breaths, he paused, smiled, looked confident, and shook his head at Yunqi, and said, "This little brother, you are from other places, right?" ”
Am I local or out-of-town? This question is very complicated, it stands to reason that I am a local, Shannan Village is in this county, but I have spent so many years in Jinniu Mountain, saying that I can also be a foreigner, Yunqi thought about it and replied, "Yes, I can say that I am from other places." ”
Lao Dao looked at Yun Qi with flickering eyes, seeing that he had been thinking for a long time, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, but his professional habits for many years made him silent. I had to continue to say: "You came here to find someone, right?" ”
Am I here for someone? Of course, I'm here to find someone, but who am I looking for? Where are they? I don't know anything, the future is confused, in fact, my purpose is not to find people, but to find the reason for things, but to unravel the mystery, you must find the right person. Yun Qi pondered again, and then replied hesitantly: "Well, it's right to say that you are looking for someone." ”
Lao Dao's heart was different for a while, he guessed two answers, but the results were not completely correct. According to his experience, a young man, who came from a distant place, must be looking for someone, he could not have traveled through the mountains and rivers like a famous man, nor like those pot-bellied merchants, who were traders and sellers, this young man had only a little luggage, which showed that he knew his destination, and was sure that he would soon settle down, and most importantly, this young man, although his clothes looked neat and clean, were definitely not expensive clothes, It is hand-printed and dyed in the countryside, so, to sum up, it should be his only choice to find talents here, but this is such a sure inference, and it is actually wrong.
Lao Dao deserves to have been mixed up in the rivers and lakes for countless years, his face does not change and his heart does not beat, and he always has a professional smile on his face, and continues: "This little brother, you came to the local area because of a difficult matter, this matter is very tricky, you are at a loss, right or not?" ”
Yun Qi was taken aback, and his face changed: "Dao Chief, how do you know?" ”
As soon as Daoist Yang saw that there was a door, he immediately stroked his beard, pretending to be profound, thinking about how to cheat the money out of this young man's pocket, so his eyes were slightly closed, pretending to be thoughtful.
"Crazy, crazy, crazy stealing something." Suddenly, not far from them, there was a shout, Yun Qi turned his head to look, but saw a man with a disheveled head, holding a big white steamed bun in each hand, laughing, running to this side, this man is about forty years old, very thin, his face is black and he can't see his face clearly, he can only see a messy beard, there are some shining things on the beard, I don't know if it's saliva or oil stains, the clothes are shabby, it's late autumn, the weather is quite cold, but this person's limbs are basically exposed, The clothes could barely cover part of the body, the two shoes on the feet were oily, black and shiny, the original color of the upper was indistinguishable, and he stepped on it under his feet, like two slippers, and there was a snap halfway through. The madman was followed by a little girl, who seemed to be from a poor family, with a lot of patches on her clothes, but she was very clean, and her little face was cleanly washed, and the little girl shouted while chasing, but her legs were too short to run away from the madman, and her little face was red and out of breath.
"Xiaohong, don't chase it, you just caught up, can you still eat the steamed bun in that guy's hand?" The guy in a grocery store on the side of the road shouted.
The girl named Xiaohong heard this, stopped, her mouth was flattened, and tears flowed down, it seems that these two steamed buns are very important to her, and she has been chasing them for a long time, this steamed bun will definitely not be able to be recovered, how can she go back and confess?
The madman had a steamed bun in his hand, and there were a few black fingerprints on it, but he didn't care at all, and as he ran, he stuffed it into his mouth, and from time to time he turned his head and grinned at the little girl.
When running in front of the hexagram stall, Yun Qi quietly picked up the rattan cane in his hand and stretched it outward, just in front of the madman's running, as long as the madman ran a few more steps forward, there would definitely be a foot that tripped the rattan cane, and the person would fall, so that the little girl would catch up with the madman.
Although the crazy man is also pitiful, Yun Qi can't accept the practice of grabbing the little girl's steamed buns at will, and he decides to help this little girl named Xiaohong.
Who knew that the madman was about to stumble on the rattan cane with his foot, but the man suddenly flashed, turned around again, and turned out of the cane without delay. Yun Qi snorted, and immediately changed the angle of the rattan cane, and instead poked the crazy man's knee, but the crazy man jumped in the air, and actually jumped directly from the rattan cane, and then ran away all the way with a grin.
This madman is still a master!
Yun Qi was amazed at the madman, how could such a master become a madman? Why did you end up here?
The little girl saw that the madman ran away, and the tears finally couldn't be controlled, and they flowed down in an uproar, Yun Qi looked uncomfortable, he had been hungry many times when he was a beggar, and he knew that when people were poor, what these two steamed buns meant to them, for this little girl, this may be their ration for a day, or even what they used to entertain guests, for the poor, snow-white steamed buns were too luxurious, and usually as long as there were some black-faced steamed buns, it was very good. Seeing that the little girl was crying sadly, Yun Qi stepped forward, took out two copper plates from his pocket, stuffed them into the little girl's hands, and said to the little girl: "Little sister, go buy two more steamed buns, don't cry." ”
The little girl looked at the copper plate in her hand in surprise, and subconsciously clenched her fists, her little hands were a little pale because she was too hard, the little girl looked at the big brother in front of her, regardless of the fact that there were still many tears left on her face, she smiled, this smile made Yun Qi's heart move, this little girl is quite good-looking, the bridge of her nose is straight, her eyes are big and watery, the only deficiency is that the little girl is at the age of changing her teeth, she is missing a front tooth in her mouth, and there is a black hole when she laughs, Yun Qi smiled, he suddenly remembered that he lost his teeth that year, is also like this, his speech is a little leaky, and he looks ugly, at that time, his eldest brother Cao Xiwen would always bring him oil cakes, melons or something, so that he could only watch and couldn't eat it, and he was so angry that he was uncomfortable.
The little girl probably realized that she had let others see the toothless ugly mouth as soon as she didn't pay attention, and immediately came to her senses, embarrassedly raised the hand that had not taken the money, covered her mouth, said thank you vaguely, turned around and ran.
Yun Qi walked back to the hexagram stall, smiled at the Taoist chief, and asked, "Who was that madman just now?" It doesn't seem ordinary. ”
Yang Daochang couldn't help rolling his eyes, he waited for a few days, and finally waited for a thin sheep with little oil and water, he wanted to count a hexagram, which could be enough for himself to eat for a few days, but this hexagram was not half counted, and this file came out, and now this child asked about other people's things, you and I are a know-it-all, why should I say to you, I haven't eaten lunch yet! As soon as I thought of this, my stomach really rumbled, which was very appropriate.
Yun Qi heard the sound, suddenly smiled, and arched his hand to the Taoist chief: "Taoist chief, the kid happens to be hungry, why don't I make the east, invite the Taoist chief to eat, and the Taoist chief will answer for me at the table, okay?" ”
"Okay, this way doesn't eat fish." Yang Daochang agreed quite quickly,
The two found a small shop on the street and asked for three or four dishes, the Taoist priest urged the store to quickly put a big bowl of rice, Yun Qi saw the rice brought by the store, and said apologetically: "Xiao Er, this rice is too much, we are two people, don't waste it......"
"No waste, no waste, let go, let go." Daoist Yang interrupted Yun Qi's words, waved his hand, and drove Xiao Er away.
Then he picked up the rice bowl, filled a bowl of rice, and only sandwiched two dishes, and a bowl of rice was eaten in the blink of an eye, which surprised Yun Qi. I also packed a bowl of rice and ate it slowly.
The Taoist priest probably hasn't eaten for many days, this time he eats, it's really called a whirlwind, he only sees chopsticks flying in front of him, and he only hears the sound of the croaking mountain in his ears, and he hasn't finished eating half a bowl of rice, the Taoist priest has three bowls of belly, a big bowl of rice has seen the bottom, and all the dishes on the table are only left with the soup at the bottom of the pot. I really don't know how he can have such a big belly when he is so thin.
There was no way, Yun Qi had to shout Xiao Er, stir-fry three more dishes, and bring a bowl of rice, this time the Taoist priest probably had some bottom in his stomach, so the speed of eating slowed down significantly, and his mouth actually had time to speak.
"The crazy man you just asked, that's amazing, this person has a great background, don't look at him crazy now, think at the beginning, he was in our Wanzi County, but he was a big man, he walked sideways, on the boundary of Wanzi County, he stomped his feet, and the ground would shake three times." The Taoist priest held the bowl in one hand, pointed at Yun Qi with chopsticks in the other, and then quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
"Then how did he become like this?" Yun Qi asked puzzled.
"Hey, it's not because of the Wokos." The Taoist priest took a large mouthful of food in his mouth, and said vaguely.
"Wako?" Yun Qi was shocked: "Why is it a wolf?" ”