When the old man and the old lady heard this, they were overjoyed, looked at each other, and became excited, and when the old man heard this, he almost didn't jump up from the stool, and he was immediately stunned, he never dreamed that Xiao Laodao would come out like this!

At this time, Xiao Laodao didn't give the grandfather room to return to his senses, and then urged the grandfather: "Bingshou, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you kowtow to your father-in-law and mother-in-law quickly!" ”

When the master heard this, he was immediately dumb and couldn't say that he was suffering from eating Coptis chinensis, but at this time, if he shook his face and left, not only Xiao Laodao, but also the old man and the old lady would not be able to hang on their faces, besides, the girl who was an entertainer even took her life for herself, could she still hurt her parents' hearts?

The grandfather secretly gritted his teeth, slowly stood up from the stool, forced his face to show a hint of joy, and clenched his hands into fists, "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are above, and the son-in-law Liu Nian said, kowtow to the second child." After speaking, the grandfather respectfully kowtowed to the old man and the old lady.

"Hurry up, get up." The old man and the old lady were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths at this time.

Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi, "You two go and bring the dowry in!" ”

Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi turned around and went out, and after a while, they brought in a delicate wooden box the size of a basin.

Xiao Laodao walked over and opened the box, and saw that the box was full of gold ingots, to say the least, there were hundreds of taels.

Seeing this, the master peeked at Xiao Laodao, and said in his heart, what about the porcelain before, how did it become a box of gold ingots? I immediately understood that this must have been calculated by Xiao Laodao in advance, and the porcelain was quietly taken out and loaded with gold ingots.

The old man and the old lady looked into the box at this time, and they were all dumbfounded, the old man came back to his senses first, and hurriedly excused himself: "Daochang Xiao, this, this dowry is too big, we can't accept it, you better carry it back." ”

Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "How can this be considered big, besides, where is there a bride price for marrying a girl." ”

"This, this ......" the old man and the old lady glanced at each other, looking a little embarrassed, the real martial arts people, advocating martial arts, in their eyes, character and virtue is the most important, the old couple fancy is not gold and silver treasures, but the chivalry and righteousness of the master!

Xiao Laodao looked at the old couple slyly, seemed to see it, and then said lightly: "If you think that it is not appropriate to accept this dowry, then let's forget about this family business." ”

"What?" When the old man heard this, he stood up from the chair and said hurriedly: "Daochang Xiao, why did you, why did you go back on your word, Brother Liu has already ...... Our son-in-law has already kowtowed to us and worshiped our father, how can we say it! ”

Xiao Laodao glanced at the old man, and didn't say a word, the old man looked at Xiao Laodao, and then at the box, and then calmed down, "Okay, we accepted the dowry." With that, the old man walked to the box, took out two ingots of gold from it, and turned to Xiao Laodao and said, "Daoist Xiao, carry the box back, these are the dowries we gave to our daughters." ”

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he was immediately happy, and said: "Brother, you can really do it, marry a girl, where can you give two dowries?" ”

"What?" The old man was stunned for a moment, "Daochang Xiao, what do you mean?" ”

Xiao Lao Dao said with a strange smile: "You may have forgotten, when you asked Miss Lan'er to find us, she went with a dowry, and now you give another dowry, could it be that you still have a daughter who wants to marry my brother?" ”

"This, this ......" The old man was dumbfounded.

Xiao Laodao walked to the old man's side, patted the old man's shoulder, and said, "Brother, I can't hide it, this time I brought Bingshou and Lan'er back, one is to propose marriage to the second elder, and the other is to say goodbye." Speaking of this, Xiao Laodao paused for a moment, and then said: "After the two of them return to Sanwangzhuang and worship the hall and become relatives, I will take them to the south, what about the future...... All the year round to stay in the south, the mountains are high and the road is far away, thousands of miles apart, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back again during the New Year's Festival, this farewell, I don't know when we can meet, and I hope that the two elders will not dislike it, accept these gold, just as the two of them are filial piety in front of the bed, if it is not enough, we still have it in the car. ”

Xiao Laodao's words were a little heavy, and the two elders couldn't help but cry, especially the old lady, who hugged the girl and sobbed, the old man was sad and happy, and said: "Lan'er can marry a hero like the Dragon Slayer, the two of us are very content, Xiao Daochang rest assured, the two of us will not cause trouble to them!" ”

That night, the grandfather and a few people stayed at the house of the entertaining girl, and the old man and grandmother set up a table of banquets, and everyone ate and drank until late at night.

Early the next morning, Xiao Laodao said goodbye to the old couple, the old couple was really reluctant, and had to leave a few people to stay for a few more days, Xiao Laodao said, there are still urgent things to do, and you can't delay more, and besides, your son-in-law has an old enemy in the Heze realm, and it will be troublesome for those enemies to find out, and the old couple had to give up when they heard it.

Under the reluctant eyes of the girl's parents and brother, everyone set off again, but this time they said goodbye, and the grandfather never saw them again.

Two days later, the grandfather and a few people walked out of the Heze realm. At this time, walking on the road, the master looked back and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, Heze came all the way, and it was safe, and he didn't let Shan Xue'er's gang find out.

Everyone walked forward along the road for a while, the girl shook twice on the horse, the master and Xiao Laodao turned their heads to look at her at the same time, and saw that her eyes were closed, and she immediately shook twice, followed by a "poof", and planted directly from the horse.

"Lan'er!" The master shouted, quickly turned over and dismounted, lifted the girl from the ground, and when he looked at it, he saw that the girl had a purple face and dark lips......

Xiao Laodao's face darkened, and he said bitterly: "Brother, judging from Miss Lan'er's appearance at the moment, she has been dead for nearly a month......

When the master heard this, he hugged Miss Lan'er tightly in his arms...... At this moment, not only the grandfather, but everyone's mood became extremely heavy.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Laodao looked up to the sky and sighed, "People really can't be resurrected after death......"

Saying that, Xiao Laodao took the compass out of his body, stopped on the side of the road step by step, walked step by step, looked left and right, and finally, looked at a mountain peak in the distance, turned his head and said to the still sad grandfather: "Brother, Miss Lan'er's body will decompose soon, we must let Miss Lan'er enter the ground as soon as possible, and there is a good cave in the mountain peak in the distance." ”

When the master heard this, he glanced at Xiao Laodao, ignored Xiao Laodao's words, and asked in a dumb voice, "Brother Xiao, did I do something wrong?" ”

Xiao Laodao glanced back at the grandfather and said lightly: "You didn't do anything wrong, what was wrong was your stinky temper!" ”

The grandfather lowered his head.

Then they rushed to the distant peak, and by the time they reached the foot of the peak, it was already dark. Xiao Laodao instructed Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi to guard the carriage at the foot of the mountain, while he took a compass and a shovel, and beckoned my grandfather to carry the body of Miss Lan'er on his back and go up the mountain to find a cave.

Xiao Laodao was in front, my grandfather followed behind, and the two of them quickly climbed halfway up the mountain.

At this time, Xiao Laodao stood in a fairly flat place on the mountainside, and pointed to his feet, "Brother, let's do it here, this is a good cave place to gather wind and water, people are buried here, their souls are safe, and they can be reincarnated as soon as possible." ”

When the master heard this, he put down the body of Miss Lan'er, and then looked at the foot of Xiao Laodao, and asked suspiciously: "This is a hard ground with mountains and rocks, how to dig a grave?" ”

Xiao Laodao said confidently: "If you don't try, how do you know that you can't make graves on the rocky ground?" ”

When the master heard this, he didn't say anything anymore, picked up the shovel and dug it up on the rocks. The mountain and stone ground, a shovel down, sonorous fire, the master wanted to stop, but Xiao Laodao asked him to continue digging, the master had to transport the shovel with real gas, jingling and a few shovels, the mountain stone actually cracked a stone crack, it turned out that the nearby mountain stone is very crisp, as long as the strength is enough, it will crack.

The master then dug again, and soon cut the mountain rocks, and saw that under the mountain stones, the loess was actually exposed, and the master was suddenly surprised and delighted, "Brother Xiao, this mountain stone can really be dug up!" ”

Xiao Laodao looked at the loess below, but sighed, "In this world, there are no mountains and rocks that can't be dug up, only hearts that can't be opened......"

When the master heard this, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, and Xiao Laodao said again: "Brother, your heart is much harder than this mountain stone, and people can't open it even if they want to ...... it."

As soon as the master heard Xiao Laodao's words, his heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, and he didn't dare to pay attention to Xiao Laodao anymore, so he picked up the shovel and dug it up.

Soon, the grave was dug up, and the girl was buried halfway up the mountain, with no coffin, only a thin quilt; There was no funeral, only Taiye and Xiao Laodao......

Xiao Laodao burned a bundle of incense and burned some paper money to the grave, the grandfather knelt on the grave and wanted to kowtow, Xiao Laodao said, don't kowtow four, kowtow three if you want to, one knock heaven and earth, two knock Gaotang, three knock husband and wife......

The grandfather knocked it.

Half a month later, everyone returned to their new home in the deep mountains of Tai'an, at this time, it was already autumn, the season of harvest of all things, and also the season of slaughter of all things.

As for the master, since he buried the entertaining girl, he has been sullen all day long, locking himself in the house and barely leaving the house.

Since the lame Taoist came back from Xiao Laodao, there was not a day when he didn't count Xiao Laodao, saying that Xiao Laodao shouldn't go to Sichuan and Shu, although he brought back so many gold and silver treasures, he took the life of a showgirl, and the so-called "big event" of Xiao Laodao, in the end, it was just a flower in the mirror, and he was busy in vain!

Xiao Laodao didn't want to listen to what the lame Taoist said, he went out after eating all day, and stayed at home instead of staying at home, which formed a stark contrast with the grandfather, he may also blame himself.

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival came, and in order to make the master happy, Xiao Laodao personally went to the mountain to buy a lot of wine, meat, melons and fruits, and after distributing some to the villagers in front of the mountain, he carried them all back home.

On the evening of August 15, the wife of the three dogs made a large table of snacks and dishes, and a group of people sat in the courtyard, eating, drinking and admiring the moon.

After drinking a few glasses sullenly, the grandfather suddenly chanted a poem that his grandfather Cai Wenye taught him when he was a child: "The bright moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time; The lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night; The candle is extinguished, and the light is full, and the clothes are dewed; I can't afford to give it away, and I still have a good time to sleep...... "After that, the master looked at Xiao Laodao and said with a melancholy face: "Brother Xiao, I want to go home......"

With the master's words, everyone who was originally happy fell silent, and even the children of the three dogs' wives stopped talking.

Xiao Laodao put down the wine glass in his hand and asked a little reluctantly, "Brother, are you homesick?" ”

Tai Ye shook his head, "I'm just tired......"

Xiao Laodao nodded, "I understand, you are still blaming yourself for Miss Lan'er's death, and you can't get over that hurdle." ”

The master glanced at Xiao Laodao, "No, I'm just tired and don't want to let anyone down again." ”

"Okay, when do you want to go home, brother, I won't force you to stay."

"I want to leave tomorrow."

Hearing this, Xiao Laodao pursed his lips, didn't speak again, and nodded lightly.