The stele is still that stele, and it still reads "The Tomb of the Eight Fingers of the Father and the Duke of Le", but this is a new stele just erected last year, and the bottom line of the small official book: died on the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the second year of Xingping.

To say that the size of the owner of this tomb is also a legendary figure, in the early years, he was a household name in our Pengcheng, especially his special name, "Le Eight Fingers".

I Han Shun Emperor Yongjian six years, at that time, nineteen-year-old Le Bazhi from his father to take over the ancestral medicine business, is just a small pharmacy in Xuchang City, Le Bazhi has been in business for more than ten years, not only has not improved but also more and more decay, the reason is that he is addicted to gambling, making some money is not enough for him to be free, that year, the status of the businessman is quite low, are more than thirty years old, and have not yet asked for a daughter-in-law, and his father and mother have long been angry with him.

That night, he was still in the gambling house with a red face and a thick neck, shouting big and small, and someone hurriedly came to sue him that the pharmacy was on fire. When Le Bazhi rushed back, the courtyard and the courtyard had already been burned, and the little property left by the ancestors was finally defeated by him. As the old saying goes, disaster does not go alone, just after the fire broke out, a group of officers and soldiers were recruited, insisting that he had stolen the secret treasure in the palace and wanted to bring him to justice.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Xuchang is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and in addition to opening the door every day to grab medicine, this Le Bazhi is mixed in the gambling house, how can he be a treasure thief? This is clearly a frame-up.

Although Le Bazhi is idle, but he is also a practitioner, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he really has two strokes, knowing that the other party is not good, where is he willing to obediently obey, and then a few "iron egg darts" knocked down the two leading officers, and then broke left and right, and finally killed a bloody road, but after all, the other party was outnumbered, and he was seriously injured when he rushed out, and the ring finger and little finger of his left hand were also cut off with a palm.

Fortunately, Le Bazhi is a bold person on weekdays, and he has also made a few fateful friends, and he escaped from the city in a hurry by relying on them.

Le Ba pointed out the city, galloped on his horse, he was in a state of confusion, and he didn't know where to run, faintly heard that there were pursuers following behind, and he knew that if he was chased, he must have no way to live, but this black light was blind and could not see, he didn't pay attention, the horse lost its front hooves, and even people and horses fell out together.

He was already seriously injured, and he couldn't stand this, and he fainted when he landed.

When I woke up again, I found myself lying in a grass hut, with shabby furnishings around it, and a black broken casserole hanging from the fire in the house, and something was cooking.

He also grew up in the pile of medicinal herbs since he was a child, and when he smelled it, he knew that it was some herbs for healing external injuries, and Le Bazhi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had been rescued.

At this time, an old man with a white beard walked in with a girl, who was already in his sixtieth year, but in good spirits, but this girl was not in her early twenties, and looked pale, skinny, and sick.

No need to ask, it must be his life-saving benefactor, Le Bazhi hurriedly struggled to stand up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and thanked Engong for saving his life. The old man helped him up and let him recuperate with peace of mind, and when Le Bazhi asked, he realized that he had been in a coma for three days and three nights.

After that, fortunately, the old man was familiar with pharmacology, and collected a lot of herbs in the mountains to treat the wounds of Le Bazhi, and Rao was able to raise it for more than a month before he was cured.

Besides, this old man, known as "Yaozi Li", is a little famous medicine man in Bozhou City, the so-called "medicine man" is a person who makes a living by digging medicine in the mountains, most of them go into the mountains before dawn, and then come back to classify and dry the herbs they pick, and after some concocting, they can sell them to the medicine shop at a low price.

Don't look at this is just a barely subsistence business, but not everyone can do it, in the wilderness, not to mention that when you meet the bandit of the ring horse and lose your life, enter the mountain, poisonous snakes and beasts are also indispensable. Therefore, experienced medicine people must be half-pulled "Mr. Feng Shui", before leaving, to get a hexagram, one is to see which direction can have a harvest, and the other is to divinate the good luck of the trip.

Even so, when you enter the mountain, you have to be in groups of three or five, and you have to take care of each other, like Yaozi Li, it is rare to dare to enter the mountain alone.

And this frail and sickly girl is named Lianhua, the only daughter of Yaozi Li, Yaozi Li only got a daughter when she was not confused, and she naturally cares for her beloved daughter.

But nine years ago, the little lotus had a serious illness, high fever did not go away, and then a quack doctor gave the wrong medicine, after that the lotus girl was weak and sick, false fire attack the heart, these years, the medicine Li took his daughter to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers, looking for a good medicine that can cure the illness of the beloved daughter, but until now, it has not been able to get what he wants.

Anyway, he was homeless and had no worries, in order to repay Yaozi Li for saving his life, Le Bazhi followed Yaozi Li into the mountains to collect medicine, which can be regarded as a response.

After coming and going, it was a year in the blink of an eye, and Le Bazhi also learned a lot about medicinal herbs.

On this day, just four watch days, Le Bazhi was dragged up when he was sleeping soundly, Yaozi Li Shen mysteriously said that he was going to pick a strange medicine, Le Bazhi asked in a daze what kind of medicine called him up so early, Yaozi Li gritted his teeth, saying that he couldn't take it for sure, but last night the east sky was red, and there was a purple gas coming from the east.

Yaozi Li said that he couldn't get it for sure, but he didn't bring a medicine shovel when he went out, but stuffed a dagger in his boots. Seeing this, Le Bazhi dared to hold it up, simply cleaned up, and went out with him.

Yaozi Li stared at the compass, and the two of them turned over two ridges all the way to the east, and the sky was already dawning at this time, and a village vaguely appeared in front of them, and there was a broken stone tablet at the entrance of the village, which said "Wei Village".

Suddenly, a few howls came, and the two looked up, and at some point, a funeral team of about 20 people came out of the village, all dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, and in front of them was a black-faced man leading the way with a soul-attracting flag, and the four people behind were carrying a wooden coffin.

This wooden coffin is very simple and the workmanship is rough, but then again, in these years, if ordinary people can mix a coffin after death, it will not be in vain to go in the world.

Yaozi Li hurriedly pulled Le Bazhi to the side, got out of the way, he stared at the coffin, lowered his voice and said, "This coffin is not quite right." ”

Le Bazhi was stunned for a moment, and also peeked at the coffin, "Uh, there's nothing wrong?" ”

"This coffin is made of a piece of wood, and the top and bottom of the wood should be the same color."

After being reminded by Yaozi Li, Le Bazhi also found that the upper half of the coffin board was as new as new, and the wood color became darker the further down, and the bottom of the coffin seemed to be covered with a layer of black mist, "Really, this, what's going on?" ”

Without waiting for Yaozi Li to speak, a shout came from behind him: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the main family is slow, the main family is slow!" ”

The two of them looked back, and the one who spoke was a baby-faced old man, this person had white eyebrows, and he must be not young, but he had a baby face, and his skin was white and delicate, like a handful of water that could be pulled out. He stopped the funeral procession, saluted the black-faced man, and said gently: "Immeasurable Tianzun, donor, this is ......"

The black-faced man clenched his fists and said, "Oh! This is to see off Uchiko.,I don't know what advice the chief has? ”

"I don't dare to advise, but when I see that the bottom of this coffin is black, and the yin qi does not disperse, I think there must be grievances! I'm afraid that your lady's body has changed, if you don't deal with it in time, I am afraid it will become a big disaster in the future! ”

The black-faced man was very annoyed when he heard this, but it was not easy to have a seizure, and now that Huang Lao's technique is prevalent, he always has to give a little thin face when he sees a cultivator, so he said in a gloomy voice: "The Taoist chief should not be convinced, I have a very good relationship with Neizi, why should I be wronged?" Don't miss the auspicious time for my lady's burial. As he spoke, he continued to walk forward with the funeral procession.

"Donor, slow!" The baby-faced old man pinched his fingers as he spoke, and said, "Your lady died in childbirth?" She tossed for three days and three nights, and finally died of exhaustion, and she never looked at her until she died? ”

The black-faced man's body shook and exclaimed, "Then, so what?" ”

"Alas! It's only because your husband and wife don't agree, and the donor's life is hard to beat his wife, and your wife has this disaster, how can you tell her not to hate or resent? ”

The black-faced man looked horrified when he heard this, "Poof! He knelt on the ground, "Please, ask for advice, ask for advice!" ”

Lao Dao helped him up and said: "Alas, there is a way to do it, if you can bury your lady in the ancestral grave, and then set up a chastity archway, maybe you can resolve her grievances." ”

The black-faced man looked embarrassed and said: "My wife has never given birth to an heir, I'm afraid it is not in accordance with the rules to enter the ancestral grave, Dao Chief, please think about whether there is any other way?" ”

Lao Dao thought for a while, took out a yellow talisman from his arms, bit his index finger and drew a spell on it, pasted the yellow talisman on the coffin lid, and sighed: "Poor Dao will calm the corpse first, you wait to go to the mass grave on the north slope, dig a pit and bury it at will, remember, you need to finish this matter before noon, and then go home and close the doors and windows, and don't go out for three days. After the three days have passed, you can choose an auspicious day to move your lady out of the mass grave and bury her in the place where she should be buried. ”

The black-faced man responded with a thousand thanks, and then watched the baby-faced old way drift away, and in an instant, there was no trace.

The funeral party quickly turned around and headed towards the north slope.

Yaozi Li whispered to Le Ba: "Follow up, there must be something strange in this." ”

So, the two of them secretly followed the funeral team to the mass grave on the north slope, and several men dug a shallow pit with their hands and feet, and buried the coffin hastily, and sure enough, before noon, a team of people left in a hurry.

Le Bazhi hid behind the tree and saw clearly, at this time, there were only the two of them left in this mass grave, so he asked Yaozi Li what to do next, Yaozi Li only said one word, "Wait".

Wait until dark, this place is full of desolate graves, buried in some ownerless lonely souls, the daytime is eerie and terrifying, and at night it is even more terrifying, not to mention that there is still the murderous coffin that "happened" in front of him, so frightened that Le Bazhi doesn't even dare to breathe.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and three figures touched it, and one of them said, "Master Dao, this is it." ”