Since then, Ma Zhenren lived in the Song family compound and was called a lame blind man, and no one treated him respectfully.

But the strange thing is that although the Song family didn't give him food, Ma Zhenren did not starve to death after a few years, but survived tenaciously, this year, he was exactly eighty-nine years old.

In the winter of this year, Ma Zhenren's body shrunk into a ball and sat at the gate of the Song family, because of the cold weather, his body was uncontrollably trembling, his eyes were blind, and his white eyes were staring at the front, he did not return to the firewood room, because there was no sunlight there all year round, and it was cold and abnormal, it was better to sit outside and bask in the sun, although it was winter.

At this moment, a seven or eight-year-old, muddy, dirty, ghostly little baby quietly slipped out of the courtyard of the Song family, his name is Song Er, he is a cowherd baby bought by the Song family a few years ago, he is an orphan, because he has no name and no surname, the Song family calls him Song Er.

Song Er was sneaky, looked left and right for a few eyes, stretched out his dirty little hand and took out a steaming, white steamed bun from his arms, handed it to Ma Zhenren and said, "Grandpa Ma, eat it quickly, it has just been steamed, it is hot." ”

The big white steamed bun was grabbed by Song Er's swarthy little hand and chewed on by Ma Zhenren, obviously he hadn't eaten for several days, he was hungry and panicked, and he looked like a starving ghost.

After eating, he raised his head and said gratefully: "Song Er, you have secretly sent me food in the past few years, if it weren't for you, the old man would have starved to death, I have recorded your kindness."

Song Er grinned, stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head and said: "What did Grandpa Ma say, you have taught me a lot of words in the past few years, you are really knowledgeable, you are about to catch up with the teacher in the county, I can't watch you starve to death, and I will steal steamed buns for you to eat in the future."

Ma Zhenren stretched out his hand and touched Song Er's head, with a kind smile on his face, and sighed: "You baby is kind-hearted, but it's a pity that I calculated that my limit has arrived, otherwise, my skills can be taught to you, and learning some skills is better than being his Song family herding cow baby for the rest of his life, but unfortunately, there is no time."

Song Er squatted on the ground, holding his chin and looking at Ma Zhenren without blinking, not knowing what the limit meant.

At the same time, a man in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dressed in linen clothes, straw sandals on his feet, with a rag bag hanging on his shoulder, and a thing wrapped in black cloth behind him, this dress was no different from that of an old peasant in the countryside.

The young man in sackcloth looked up at the Song family's mansion not far away, his dark eyebrows were raised, and a strange color flashed in his eyes, only to see him stretch out his hand and wipe it in front of him, and then looked at the Song family's mansion a little, and muttered to himself: "There is a backer behind this house, the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right, there is a case mountain in front, there is a bright hall, and the auspicious clouds in the sky gather, within twenty years, there will definitely be a big man in this family, I will go to ask for a cup of tea, and I can get a touch of good fortune and make a good fate."

After speaking, the young man in Mai smiled and walked slowly towards the Song family's mansion, but what was surprising was that he was obviously at the entrance of Daliu Village, and the Song family's mansion was in the center of the village, which was a thousand steps away.

When the Mai youth came to the gate of the Song family, he saw Song Er and Ma Zhenren, and his expression was stunned, the Mai young man's eyes deliberately stayed on Ma Zhenren for a while, and then his complexion suddenly changed, and he stepped forward and grabbed his arm and shouted: "Master, how did you end up in such a situation, what happened to your eyes?"

Ma Zhenren heard the voice of the comer, his body trembled suddenly, and his white eyes left tears in his eyes, he held the hand of the young man in Mai, and said excitedly: "Xuanying, my good apprentice, you are finally back, if it is later, you will not be able to see the old man and me."

This Mai young man is none other than Ma Zhenren, who went out to run the rivers and lakes and has not returned to his apprentice Jiang Xuanying for many years, at this moment he looked at the old man in front of him like a beggar, his heart was like a knife, is this still my original high-spirited master, I haven't come back for ten years, what happened?

Jiang Xuanying took a deep breath, sat next to Ma Zhenren, and asked the reason for the incident.

Ma Zhenren sighed, told the truth about his choice of acupoints for the Song family, and regretted it when he talked about the Song family's dishonesty, saying that if he hadn't whimsically thought that the Song family would take care of him for the rest of his life, he would not have ended up like this.

Jiang Xuanying was furious in her heart after hearing this, scolded the Song family for being ungrateful, and comforted Ma Zhenren and said Master, don't be sad, since the Song family is unkind to you, don't blame us for being unjust to him, apprentice, I haven't learned anything else in the past few years, and my ability has increased a lot, so I will take this tone for you.

Ma Zhenren nodded, with a long-lost smile on his face, and he was even more relieved to learn that his apprentice had learned the skill, and praised Jiang Xuanying, saying that you kid, when I first accepted you as an apprentice, I found that your talent was different from ordinary people, and I really didn't see the wrong person.

At the end, he took Song Er's little hand and said: "Xuanying, in the past few years, thanks to Song Er's stealing food and giving it to the teacher, I will not starve to death, I originally planned to pass on a skill to him, but I calculated that my limit is almost up, and there is no time, besides, your cultivation has exceeded that of the teacher too much, it is better for you to receive Song Er to teach him some skills, lest he herd cattle for the Song family for the rest of his life." ”

As soon as Jiang Xuanying heard that the master said that his limit was about to arrive, he nodded hurriedly, he stretched out his hand to help Ma Zhenren, turned back to Song Er and said, "Little doll, are you planning to herd cattle for his Song family for the rest of his life, or are you willing to learn from me?" ”

At that time, Song Er was only a seven or eight-year-old child, and when he heard that he could learn skills, he didn't hesitate at all, and agreed without thinking about it.

"The Song family is unkind and unjust, since you are an orphan, you don't have to follow his Song family surname in the future, just follow my surname." Jiang Xuanying thought for a while and said, "Your baby is quite kind-hearted, um... Let's call Jiang Zhengxin. ”

In this way, Song Er officially changed his name to Jiang Zhengxin, and immediately kowtowed to Jiang Xuanying as his teacher, presumably everyone knows here, that's right, this cow herding baby, Jiang Zhengxin is my master.

In other words, after my master worshiped Jiang Xuanying as his teacher, the three of them walked outside Daliu Village, but he did not leave here, but settled in a broken Taoist temple on the mountain behind Daliu Village, and this settlement was a full thirty-five years.

Song Zhi and his wife found that Ma Zhenren had disappeared, and they both thought that he couldn't stand the snub of the Song family, and finally retreated, and each breathed a sigh of relief, this bad old man finally got out of the Song family, and the two were so happy that they almost set off firecrackers to celebrate.

But Song Er, the cattle herding baby who disappeared with Ma Zhenren, they sent someone to look for it, after all, it was the next person who the Song family spent money to buy, and it was a property loss if it was lost, but after looking for a few days, it was not found, everyone thought that he was lost, or was taken by a wolf, and this matter was finally over, and the Song family had countless people, and they wouldn't care if there was one or two missing, so it was really not okay to spend money to buy a few more.