The little Taoist priest was puzzled and asked, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Wen Shen smiled, "There are some things I want to ask the little master for advice." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The little Taoist priest listened, looked at the handful of banknotes in his hand, was embarrassed to refuse, nodded and agreed, "Okay, then I'll pour you some tea and talk while drinking." He stuffed the money in his hand into his robe, and then walked out the door and poured tea.

After a while, the tea was served, and the little Taoist priest poured a cup for Wen Shen, Li Siguang and Song Weiren, but Zhao Daliang didn't, he was angry with him and beat people as if he was vicious.

Seeing this, Zhao Daliang was not polite, he found a cup by himself, poured water like a rage, and poured three cups hard.

Wen Shen and the others and the little Taoist priest all sat down in the Dao hall, "Little master, when did your master come back?" What exactly happened when you came back, and did anyone else or anything else follow you? ”

The little Taoist priest thought for a while and replied, "No, he is alone." At that time, he went to Xiatou Village to clean up the zombies, first he went with me, and then sent me back first, and he himself was never heard from again. It was a long time delay, and we didn't know what was going on, but we didn't care. Later, one day, a villager from Shangtou Village came to my Taoist temple and said that my master was in the forest not far behind the village, delirious and dying.

When our brothers and sisters heard this, they hurried over and got him back. When he returned, he was already insane. It looked like he hadn't eaten for a few days and was dying of starvation, but there were no other injuries. We quickly made him porridge and rice to eat, and after eating, he recuperated for many days, and his body got better. But his mind was still unclear. ”

"He's not hurt? Delirious? What do you have to say? Li Siguang asked.

"It's not heavy, it's just that the skin of the clothes has been cut by the thorns of the branches and grass, there are a lot of small wounds, and there are no big wounds. He did look a little frightened in the first few days when he woke up, and kept shouting 'don't eat me, don't eat me' and the like, and then he raised him for a while in the temple, and after his mind settled down, he never said anything again. It's nothing more than eating, drinking, and wandering around the Taoist temple. ”

Wen Shen looked outside the Taoist hall, and walked around the courtyard by abiding by the old way. He looked around the Taoist temple again, and felt very deserted, "Little master, what about you Taoist people?" Where have they gone? ”

"Alas!" The little Taoist priest sighed, "Everyone has run away." In the past, when the master was good, these people couldn't help but want to leave, but they were still pressed by the master and didn't dare to go. Now the master is crazy, and the bold ones will leave immediately. The timid one was originally going to stay, but looking at the master's appearance, eighty percent was scared by the zombies, who knows how this zombie will make trouble? Who knows if it will make trouble for us? Or even just follow the master? So the cowardly ones also fled quickly. Some of them went to other Taoist temples. ”

"Why didn't you leave?" Wen Shen asked.

"I was picked by my master since I was a child. Without my parents, my master was like my own father, and I didn't know where to go. Besides, the master is like this, and he also needs someone to take care of him, and if I stay here, I can still farm and grow vegetables, raise some livestock, and feed the master. If I am gone, will the master not starve to death? ”

"Aren't you afraid of zombies?"

"I'm afraid, but it's still the same thing, if I leave, if the zombies come, what will the master do? Someone has to protect him, I have a sword, and I can fight zombies. Even if you can't fight, it's a big deal to go to the underworld with the master, and you will have a companion. ”

After hearing this, everyone felt that this little Taoist priest was also very affectionate.

Wen Shen nodded and said, "Little master, you are very benevolent and righteous, I admire you very much." I took a closer look, this Taoist temple was originally built to suppress evil, although it is a little dilapidated, but the residual power still exists, and there is a statue of the patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty who has been in the past to suppress it, and the little ghost does not dare to commit it easily. As long as you take care of your master in this Taoist temple, you will definitely be able to be stable. ”

When the little Taoist priest heard this, he nodded again and again, "I think so too." ”

Wen Shen continued, "But today I hope you can take us to see where your master was found, and we need to take a good look at the scene of the incident." While it's still early, can you take us over, at this time, there is no danger in going out. ”

The little Taoist priest thought about it, and felt that he had gained a lot today, and the people's requests were not too much, those places were all familiar, even if these people didn't come, they would still go there every day. In broad daylight, how can there be any danger?

So the little Taoist priest agreed.

They locked their old ways in the courtyard of the upper view, and then a few people went out.

After the little Taoist priest took Wen Shen and the four of them out, he bypassed a path, walked behind the Taoist temple, walked along a sheep's intestine path, and walked around and around, and came to a forest, this forest is dense with branches and leaves, there is no sunlight on the ground, it is very damp and dark, as soon as people enter, they feel a cold atmosphere.

As soon as Zhao Daliang entered the forest, he couldn't help but sneeze, so he scolded, "This ghost place is not a good place to go." ”

Several people entered the forest, and the little Taoist priest led them to an old locust tree, pointed to the bottom of the tree and said, "When we found the master, he was lying under this tree, and he didn't know who was there. Fortunately, we arrived in time, and we were able to save my master's life from the Hades Palace. If he had been a day or two late, he would have died. ”

According to the old saying, the locust tree, with "ghost" in its name, is not an auspicious tree, and the old locust tree is even more likely to gather yin and cause trouble. Obeying the old way and fainting under this tree without losing your life, it is really a big fate.

Wen Shen, Li Siguang and Song Weiren listened to the little Taoist priest's narration, and immediately probed around the locust tree quite professionally, which seemed to be their professional habit formed for a long time. They weren't looking for any ghosts, but for clues that the old Taoist priest might have left behind.

Seeing this, Zhao Daliang and the little Taoist priest also helped to check around, but they didn't know what to check, they just made a show and talked about help.

Wen Shen and the other three took the locust tree as the center, and the radius of exploration became larger and larger, and gradually walked to the periphery of the forest, and the distance between several people was also widened, and everyone couldn't see each other clearly.

Zhao Daliang and the little Taoist priest were still scattered to investigate at first, and they seemed quite interested, but as soon as the people dispersed and separated in this dim dense forest, the hearts of the two of them began to beat drums, and they were a little stunned, for fear that the next moment they would open a leaf, and a zombie would pop out from behind.

So the two got closer and closer, and the original rivals slowly came together and emboldened each other.

The five of them wandered around the forest for about half an hour, and suddenly heard Li Siguang calling, "There is." ”

Wen Shen and Song Weiren asked in unison, "What's wrong?" ”

"Clue, there's a clue. Eighty percent of the old Taoist priests came here from the mountains. Li Siguang speculated.

The other four people hurriedly followed the sound to Li Siguang's place, and when they walked to Li Siguang, they saw Li Siguang holding a tide of 100 yuan bills in his hand, and he was studying there.

Zhao Daliang was very surprised when he saw it, "Mr. You're lucky with good fortune, you can still pick up money in this barren mountain and old forest?" It's not going to be a hell of a bump, is it? Don't burn paper money for dead people, it was done by ghosts, so that we can see it and think it's real money. After saying that, he looked up at the top of the dense forest, the light was dim, and then looked around, how to look at it and how it felt weird.

"It's really stupid, isn't this the money you yourself are bent on trying to find the old Taoist priest to get back?" Song Weiren, who hadn't opened his mouth much, finally spoke seriously, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was teaching people a lesson.

When Zhao Daliang heard this, he suddenly reacted, eighty percent of this money was brought by the old Taoist priest and dropped here.

Thinking about this section, Zhao Daliang couldn't help but reach out and snatch the hundred-yuan banknote from Li Siguang's hand, as if he was afraid that Li Siguang would seize his banknote.

Fortunately, Li Siguang's fingers pinching the coins didn't work hard, and fortunately, the paper of the coins was good, otherwise Zhao Daliang was so eager to grab the money, and eighty percent would tear the paper money in half.

Zhao Daliang put the hundred-yuan bill in front of him in the faint light in the dark forest, and looked carefully, only to see the lower right of the old man's head on the coin, and wrote some words with the coin. The handwriting is crooked and not good-looking, but Zhao Daliang is very familiar with it, and it is his own handwriting.

As the head of Xiatou Village, he had a habit of dating and numbering the coins he handled, especially the 100-dollar bills. Through these date numbers, he can tell who paid for it, where it was taken from, and where it was spent. This information was recorded one by one in a notebook.

He looked at the date on the banknote in his hand and carefully recalled that it was the fixed money he had paid when he asked the Taoist priest to do the business that day.

"This is really the money I gave to the old Taoist, I recognize it." Zhao Daliang said with some joy.

Li Siguang listened to it and joked: "If it's your money, you can take it, no one will rob you, do you want to get back the other money?" ”

"Yes, of course." Zhao Daliang blurted out without thinking about it.

Li Siguang pointed to the ground in front of him and said, "The coin fell here, I just looked at it, there are some messy footprints in the straight line between here and the locust tree, I think it is the footprints of the old road." Then I started with the locust tree, and looked back along this straight line with the place where the coin fell as the midpoint, and vaguely seemed to see a road stepped out of this line. After speaking, Li Siguang pointed in that direction.

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Li Siguang, and sure enough, they saw that in that direction, among the weeds, there was a faint path, and the weeds on the road were either trampled on the ground or bent to both sides.

The little Taoist priest looked over there carefully and confirmed, "This is a trail into the mountain, no one has walked for many years, and it is covered by weeds and cannot be seen." Do you mean that my master came out of the mountains and came out of here? ”

Li Siguang nodded, "It should be like this." Village Chief Zhao, if you want to get your money back, you have to find it from this road. ”

Zhao Daliang was very conflicted when he heard this, he really wanted to get back the money he had given to Lao Dao, but thinking about this road and walking in, he would enter the mountains, which seemed to be very dangerous. He didn't know what to do.

The little Taoist priest was also in a nervous mood, although he was honest and stupid, but he also knew that he was afraid. He didn't know if he still needed to accompany these four people into the mountain, so his face also showed embarrassment.

Wen Shen looked at the two of them and smiled, "The things we need the little master's help with are all done, and there is nothing else to do, so please go back." We take advantage of the fact that it is still early, we want to go into the mountain to have a look, and when there is something later, we will go to the temple to trouble you. ”

When the little Taoist priest heard this, he was relieved, "That's good, that's good, my master also needs someone to take care of him, and he can't always be locked up in the Taoist temple, then I'll go back first, but, you, do you know the way back?" ”

Song Weiren said coldly on the side, "What is there to recognize such a winding path?" When I was researching in Shennongjia, I didn't have a compass and GPS to find my way out of the mountain from the savage's nest in the primeval forest. ”

Song Weiren's words were very stiff, revealing a hint of not taking the contribution of the little Taoist priest leading the way in his eyes. But at this moment, he completely unburdened the little Taoist, and he didn't feel any trouble not going, "If you say that, then I'll go back first." If you have anything else to do, just come to me in the temple, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help. I'll go back first and see if the red paper money you gave me works......" He said half a sentence, but he didn't say it later, in fact, he was still a little uneasy about the hundred-yuan bill that Wen Shen gave him, thinking, "This kind of money can be picked up in the wilderness, don't be really useless, they're not fooling me, right?" I'll have to go back and figure it out first! ”