At night, I heard the woman's miserable cry again, I sat up from the bed, turned on the light in the room, the bright light sprinkled the whole room, I could be soberly aware that now all this is real, I didn't dream, but when I turned on the light, the woman's cry in the room suddenly disappeared, I was a little suspicious of my ears, I got up from the bed, and wanted to wait to see if the cry would still sound, but I waited for a long time, and my upper and lower eyelids began to fight, I was so sleepy that I was about to fall asleep, so I turned off the lights and prepared for bed, so let's wait until tomorrow.

But when I fell asleep completely, I was awakened by a woman's cry, my body was covered with cold sweat, and the quilt was wet, but when I sat up and was about to check, the sound disappeared again, I really couldn't stand it, I was too lazy to toss anymore, it was a person or a ghost, let him go, I covered my ears with the quilt, and began to force myself to fall asleep. Then the woman's cry rang out again, and all night long, the woman's cry surrounded my ears, and I curled up in the quilt with exhaustion, and did not fall asleep until dawn.

This sleep went straight to the third pole of the sun, and I was woken up by the sound of Ah Ji's whistling.

Ah Ji hurriedly rushed to my room and called out to me: "Boss, get up, someone is looking for you." I was too sleepy to open my eyes, buried my head in the quilt, and didn't bother to take care of her, but Ah Ji didn't let go of my quilt and shouted at my ear: "Hurry up, boss, someone is really looking for you, I didn't lie to you." I lifted my head from the quilt and said inarticulately, "No, even if he is the king of heaven, I don't see him." ”

Ah Ji looked at me with dissatisfied, and then said to me, "But that person said he was your apprentice. "I collapsed on the bed, thinking, where is the liar, where do I have any apprentices? Ah Ji pulled me helplessly on the side.

After lying down for a while, I suddenly realized, apprentice? I seem to have some kind of apprentice, how long ago did I take it in? I sat up from the bed, rubbed my eyes, and asked, "What does that one who came to me look like?" Is it bearded? Ah Ji listened to my words, nodded at me, and stretched out his hand to gesticulate: "Yes, that person has a lot of beard, covering his face, I am a little suspicious of how he eats?" After thinking about it, she leaned over again and asked me with a smile: "Boss, when did you accept such a big apprentice?" How did I not know? ”

"Before I met you." I hurriedly jumped out of bed to change into clean clothes, then washed up briefly, and went straight downstairs to find the bearded, I have a lot to say to him after a long absence.

I went downstairs, and there was a big man with a big beard sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for me, and sure enough, it was a big beard, and I called him: "Big beard, how did you find it?" The bearded man was obviously very excited when he saw me, he picked me up and spun around a few times at once, and only put me down after I kept screaming, I was dizzy by his turn, and said to him dissatisfiedly: "Bearded, what are you doing?" ”

He scratched his head a little embarrassed, and then said to me, "Master, I haven't seen you for so long, I miss you so much, you know?" Mrs. Zhang died. ”

I was a little surprised: "When, after all, Mrs. Zhang is the lifesaver of me and Chongyong, although Chongyong did not survive in the end." But I can't forget her kindness. ”

The bearded man took a sip of water and said to me, "Lady Zhang passed away after teaching me the "Upper and Lower Strategies", she died naturally, and she was very peaceful when she left. He paused for a moment, and then said, "However, I didn't expect Taneong's soul to fly away, and I blame him for not protecting him properly." ”

I looked at his self-reproachful expression, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "It's not your fault, Chongyong's ability is also very strong, and he can make his soul fly away in an instant, and the person who killed him must be very powerful." It's just that I want to know how Taneong got out of the way, and I hope you can tell me carefully. ”

He should have been the one who witnessed all the things at the scene, but I saw that he listened to my request, recalled it carefully, and then said: "Originally, Divine Lady Zhang had passed away, but she told me and Chong Yong to cultivate well, so we stayed with her to cultivate, thinking that we could better deal with the catastrophe." Who knew that when the day of the catastrophe was about to come, a Taoist priest came, and the Taoist priest got a monster from somewhere, which directly attracted the catastrophe, in fact, the catastrophe did not happen, it should have been in advance, and then I saw that Chongyong was split by the thunder. ”

"That's all I saw, and then I was knocked unconscious by the Taoist priest, and when I woke up, I couldn't see Chongyong's figure anymore, so I knew that Chongyong was dead." The bearded man sighed.

"Do you know that Taoist priest? Or did Taneong have a feud with him before? I asked.

The bearded man thought about it seriously, then shook his head seriously, and said: "Master, I haven't seen him at all, I don't know him at all, he went directly to Chongyong as soon as he came, as if the purpose of his coming was to Chongyong, so I also guessed if Chongyong had offended him before." But I don't understand. ”

"Then forget it, don't think about it." I sighed and said helplessly.

I feel very sad to hear about Chongyong's tragic death, in fact, Zhang Di has already told me once, but I still don't give up, I ask again and again, and I am lost again and again, Chongyong really can't come back.

"Master, it was since that incident that you disappeared, I searched for a lot of places but didn't find it, this time I asked around, and I found your traces here, master, don't worry, I will be by your side to protect you in the future."

I listened to his words, smiled faintly at him, and said, "What do I have to protect you, you finally found me, I can't drive you away, just leave you here for a few days, and then go back where you came from." ”

As I spoke, I got up and was about to go upstairs, when I turned back to him and said, "You walk around here by yourself, I'm too sleepy, go up and catch up on sleep." ”

When he saw that I was leaving, he grabbed my hand directly, and I looked at him with a frown and dissatisfaction.

When he saw that I seemed to be angry, he quickly let go of my hand, and looked like he wanted to say something. I'm an anxious person, and I can't see others like this, especially a big man, I shouted: "If you have anything to say, don't swallow it, I'm annoyed when I look at it." He listened to me, blushed, opened his mouth to say something to me, and then hesitated a little and just shut up.

I looked at him very strangely, so I said directly: "If you have anything to say, just say it quickly, and get out of me if you don't say it." ”

The bearded man listened to my words and hurriedly said, "Master, don't be angry, I'll tell you now." He rushed in front of me, looked at me, and then said to me, "Master, after I have said it, you must be calm and not excited. I looked at his mother-in-law and reluctantly assured him, "You say, I promise not to be angry." ”

The bearded man listened to my assurances and said to me, "Master, in fact, I am in such a hurry to find you because other people are also looking for you. "Someone else? Who is it? I frowned and asked nonchalantly.

"It's the Taoist priest." Even though the bearded man deliberately lowered his voice, I could hear it all at once. I gasped and asked, "What?" ”

The bearded man repeated again: "It's that Taoist priest, the one who killed Chongyong, he is coming to you now, although he hasn't found it for a while, but he will find it soon." ”

I sneered: "I didn't go to him, he actually took the initiative to come to me, okay, I'll wait for him here, waiting for revenge for Chongyong." ”

The bearded man listened to my words, and hurriedly turned around in place, he frowned, and said with a worried face: "To be honest, I'm afraid that you think so, master, you have to know that Taoist priest is very powerful, let's hide quickly, leave Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, master, you just listen to me." ”

Looking at the bearded man's bitter appearance, I sat silently on the sofa in the living room, and then I shook my head firmly at him, and said: "I'm sorry, bearded, thank you for your kindness, but I can't go, I want to stay here and wait for the Taoist priest to find him. ”

The bearded man's face turned red in a hurry, and he persuaded me again: "But you can't beat him, you still listen to me, and hide with me first." I looked at him and shook my head, I knew the beard's kindness, but I couldn't get over the hurdle in my heart, I couldn't escape.

The bearded man looked at my lack of oil and salt, sighed, simply sat down, drank all the water in the cup in one go, and then said resignedly: "Forget it, anyway, I was originally here to protect you, if you don't escape, I will stay with you and deal with that Taoist priest with you." Listening to his words, although I was a little moved, I still shook my head resolutely and said to him: "You better go, what is the point of you staying here just to accompany me to death." ”

The bearded man smiled, and then said heroically: "It is my honor to accompany the master to death, and besides, we will not necessarily die, although he is indeed very powerful, but I believe in the master's ability, and I have also grown a lot." ”

I looked at the bearded man, smiled gratefully at him, and said, "Thank you, bearded." ”

"No thanks, this is what the apprentice should do for the master." The bearded man said to me.

I said to the bearded man, "Then you can just stay here, we can prepare as soon as possible, there are still many rooms here." ”

"Okay, master." The bearded man picked up his luggage and prepared to find a room to put it away.

That's when I heard a voice say, "I'm sorry, he can't live here." ”

When we were unprepared, someone suddenly spoke, and we were all startled.

It turned out that the landlord came in, and the bearded man froze in place with a puzzled expression, and then he reacted and shouted at the landlord dissatisfied: "Who are you?" Why did you suddenly run into my master's house? As I said that, I was about to rush up to catch him, but I immediately grabbed the corner of the bearded coat and explained to him in a low voice: "Bearded, calm down, he is my landlord." When the bearded man heard my words, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he stood there scratching his head in embarrassment, and said to me, "Master, why didn't you tell me earlier?" I grinned and glared at him, "You didn't ask me earlier, who made you so impulsive." ”

I looked at the landlord who suddenly appeared, and thought to myself, he has been coming to this house so often lately, he has been here twice since I moved in for only three days. And every time it appears, the timing is so coincidental. Thinking so in my heart, I suddenly realized something, I looked up and pretended to look at the room unintentionally, and suddenly found that there was a black thing in the corner of the room showing a corner, I was shocked, but I still pretended not to find anything, and greeted the landlord with a smile: "Oh, why are you free to come here again?" ”