Wutong Town, a small town north of Hangzhou, does not look good, but the town is extremely prosperous and rich. We rushed for three days to come here, and we originally planned to enter the city today, but the master temporarily changed his mind, just because Gu Tan came to Hangzhou one step ahead of schedule, and there will definitely be some arrangements for our master and apprentice, if we enter the city, we must first have a deep understanding, so as not to be designed by Gu Tan and fall into his trap.

At the end of the afternoon, Master and I entered a "Bora Restaurant", and when we were full, we immediately asked the man to open a room, and Master just wanted to go upstairs to rest, but I pulled him back: "Master, as the saying goes, there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, we finally came to Hangzhou, although we have not yet entered the city, but this town is so lively, otherwise let's go out and go around, right?" ”

Master shook his head, ignored me, and went upstairs by himself, I was stunned, and then stuck out my tongue, since Master has no leisure to go out to play, then I can't go out alone.

Anyway, this town is not big, but seeing that Master has no intention of restraining me, I grinned and beckoned to Master, "Master, I will be back soon." After saying that, I smeared oil under my feet and rushed out of the restaurant quickly. Coming to the street, looking at the lively scene of people coming and going, I walked around beautifully, and bought a bag of melon seeds while walking, this big town is a big town, although the town is so small, but it is still the town of those small places can not be compared!

Passing by a corner, but see a lot of street performers on the street by the river, these are fun, just because these hawkers inherit the good craftsmanship of the ancients, everything can be unique, take the big top, play with swords, play monkeys and fortune tellers, etc., the three religions and nine streams are almost gathered here. I was having a good time, but I saw an inconspicuous corner, surrounded by a few people, and saw that there was a place to put my feet, so I hurriedly ran over to join in the fun.

"Bang...... Bang...... Bang......"

Before I saw the appearance of the artist, I first heard a dull sound into my ears, and when I saw people, I was stunned, only to see a burly man in his early thirties, wearing a thin shirt, with an open placket, revealing a dark chest and belly, the strange thing was not his figure, but the way he performed his art, this person sat cross-legged behind a rag, on which was placed a broken bowl, and there was some scattered money in it. And the big man grabbed a heavy square brick in his right hand and smashed it on his chest again and again, the sound just now was the sound of him smashing himself!

When I saw this, I couldn't help but be stunned, the bricks were so strong and heavy, and with so much strength, just listening to the sonorous and powerful sound, I am afraid that ordinary people can suffocate to death on the spot with a brick, but he can smash his chest again and again, and his face does not change color and his heart does not beat, which attracts a few people who are watching the excitement on the left and right. Two of them looked at it for a while, threw down the two cents and turned away, perhaps looking at it like this all the time and finding it boring.

Soon I was the only one left in the field, and what I was rare was not his simple way of showmanship, but the bricks that fell on him again and again, why didn't he feel pain?

Well, I secretly feel that this person will definitely order some way, the Maoshan faction has the magic of sending to fight, not only does it not hurt when it hits the body, but even the sword can't cut a piece of skin, does this person also have any way? I became more and more curious, my legs stood still like chaff, and my eyes stared at the big man, and after a while, when I saw that no one was watching, the big man stopped.

I hurriedly took out two yuan and put it into the big man's broken bowl, and couldn't help but smile at the big man, these performers eat eight-sided rice, and we cultivators eat ten square offerings, in the final analysis, it is still some fate, and I have watched it for a long time, I should also say that it is, after all, people have slapped so many bricks in front of me. The big man nodded at me honestly, slowly put away the rags and bowls, and stood up to leave.

"Uncle, are you going home?" I couldn't help but ask curiously, the question in my heart has not been solved, but I am a little reluctant to let this uncle go.

The uncle didn't answer, just nodded slightly, turned around and left the street, I thought about it, and before I had time to ask the uncle what the Tao was, I just separated, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see each other again in the future. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but quietly follow the uncle, and when I saw the uncle crossing a few streets, he walked towards the country road, and seemed to really want to go home, I turned my head and looked, since they were all out of town, just follow them, anyway, I'll come back early.

There was no one on the country road, that is, my uncle and I walked on it one after the other, but I wanted to talk to him, but I didn't know how to ask, let alone whether it was appropriate to follow him like this. In front of a forest, the uncle suddenly stopped, turned his head to look behind, but saw me standing here in a daze, the uncle was stunned at first, and then smiled at me honestly, but he didn't say anything, turned around and left.

Since I was discovered by my uncle, I hurriedly followed, but my uncle didn't say anything along the way, and took me through a forest to the bank of a clear water river, and there was a stone bridge in front of it. I also followed the uncle to the bridge cave, I don't know, I really surprised me at a glance, it turned out that the uncle's home is in this bridge cave, and there seem to be many people living here, each with a large and small dilapidated tent, the tent is set up with some branches and wheat straw or something, in the meantime there are some women washing clothes by the river, they saw me, just looked at me in astonishment, and then stopped caring about me.

Following the uncle to a dilapidated tent, he saw some simple cooking utensils at the door of the tent, and the uncle looked back and smiled honestly: "Little brother, are you tired of walking?" Come inside and have a cup of tea. ”

I smiled awkwardly and hurriedly followed my uncle into the hut, where there was not much room for people except for a small shabby bed. The uncle took a big old tea jar and poured me tea, then handed it to me, and I took a few sips of water before sitting down with the uncle. The uncle put today's harvest on the bed, turned around and smiled at me, "Little brother, why are you following me all the way?" Can I help you? ”

"Uh......" I scratched the back of my head and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, just now I saw that you were smashing yourself with a big brick on the street, do you have any way?" I...... I followed my master to the north and south, and sometimes it is inevitable that I will encounter danger, so I am very interested in your way, if I learn it, I will not be afraid of pain or beating, and also, you must have some other way, I think you are a master! ”

"Huh!" When the uncle heard my words, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Little brother, you have misunderstood me, what kind of master am I, and what kind of door do I know?" Have you ever seen a master go to the show for a meal? ”

I was stunned again, and after thinking about it, my uncle's words seemed to make sense, but the uncle then said: "I don't have any way to do this craft, that is, when I was young, I practiced some hard qigong and foreign kung fu, and I had to do it as a last resort in order to beg for food." Little brother, you really think highly of me, hehe! ”

"Huh? "......I thought this uncle had some way, it turned out that he had just practiced kung fu, alas, too, since I followed my master's cultivation, my mind was full of things like Taoist secret methods, and everything could be thought of in this way, and this time it was inevitable to look away." I turned my head to look at the houses outside, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Uncle, why do you all live in this bridge cave?" Don't you all have a home? ”

When the uncle heard this, his face suddenly became ugly, he slowly lowered his head, and he didn't squeak for a long time, just when I was embarrassed, I don't know if it was time to say goodbye to the uncle, the uncle unexpectedly opened his mouth: "We who are performers also pay attention to a fate, since the little brother came to me, I won't hide it from you, in fact, we all have a home, in Liuzhuang on the other side of the river, but, but we can't go back......"

"Why?" I hurriedly asked, "Now that the whole country has been liberated, everyone has land to plant, and everyone has a home, why can't you go back if you have a home?" But it is, but it lives in such a humble place! ”

Uncle looked at me and sighed deeply, "Because...... Because the villagers who lived in our village died, no one dared to go back to the village, and the people in our village were originally living very well and could get by, but I don't know why, half a year ago the village began to die, and the town also sent people to our village to check, and finally did not find out what the reason was, in just a few months, dozens of people died in the village, and some of the remaining villagers moved out of the village to other places, and some of them were not in decline, so they could only live under the bridge and cave here like me. On weekdays, I go to the town to do a small business or sell an art or something, and barely make a living. ”

I opened my eyes slightly, why did all the villagers in my uncle's village die? And so many people have died in just a few months, scratching my forehead, I hurriedly asked again: "Uncle, do you know what happened in your village when there was a death incident in the first place?" For example...... For example, haunting, who else destroyed the feng shui of the village or something, in short, what caused the death of the villagers?! ”

When the uncle heard my words, he immediately looked at me all over my body, and asked in astonishment, "Little brother, are you a Taoist priest?" Otherwise, how could you ask such a question, if it was an ordinary person, at most two greetings, but you are different, you ask every question at the root, could it be that you are really a Taoist? ! ”