Chapter 50: The Strange Old Man
At this time, Liang Houzai interjected: "Who asked you to read novels in class." ”
Liu Shangang smacked his tongue: "Alas, I don't know why, I just can't listen to it in class." It's still a good novel, you don't usually read it, but it's good. ”
Liang Houzai and I said almost at the same time: "I'm not available." ”
We don't say this to ridicule Liu Shangang, we really don't have time. I have to practice in the morning, I have to go to class during the day, that is, I finish my homework at night, I have to memorize the three corpses, the Tao Te Ching, and practice meditation, Liang Houzai held some ancient books of manuscripts left by his master and read them there, those ancient books recorded the inheritance of their lineage, I didn't read it carefully, I only knew that one of them was dedicated to talking about Chenzhou Fu, and some were eight-character towns or something.
As soon as he talked about the novel, Liu Shanang's expression became yearning again, and he also said to us: "I tell you, after I run away from home this time, I will join the beggar gang, and I will make a name for myself in the rivers and lakes in the future, and I will come back to see you." ”
Although Liang Houzai and I didn't have time to read novels, we also knew that in that era when online novels had not yet emerged, Liu Shangang and his family usually read most of the martial arts novels, and the most popular ones at that time were probably the books of Jin Yong and Mr. Gu Long.
I remember that for a while, Liu Shangang still blew with us, saying that he was Li Xunhuan's descendant for many generations, and he always used coins as throwing knives, and as soon as he got out of class, he threw and smashed them at the back wall of our class, and said that as long as he could smash the coins into the wall, it would be a great success. It's like the real thing.
Later, I learned that Liu Shangang's appearance at that time was actually a disease, the second disease. This is a terminal illness that cannot be cured.
But when Liu Shangang said this kind of thing, neither Liang Houzai nor I would care, just as if he was a psychopath, and this time it was the same.
I have to mention here that the junior high school I attended was built halfway up the mountain, and it was a long downhill walk out of school, and Liu Shangang moved once when he was in the fifth grade, and now lives in an old family home at the foot of the mountain.
Every time we walk down the mountain, we don't bother to kick the stirrups, let the car slide down with inertia, the amplitude of the hill is not large, but we can't stand the long road, the bike slides and slides, and the speed will become very fast.
Just when I was about to reach the foot of the mountain, a figure suddenly rushed out from the side of the road, Liu Shangang immediately braked, but I was still carrying Liang Houload, the inertia of the bicycle was too great, and I couldn't brake at once.
I heard a "bang", and the person in front of me was hit by me on the spot.
I quickly braked the car with my feet, and looked nervously ahead, only to realize that the man who had just rushed out from the opposite side was a very old man, and he was lying motionless on the ground as if he were dead.
This frightened me and ran up to help, but as soon as I got to him, he suddenly turned over and grabbed my wrist.
This old man looks dry and thin, but his strength is greater than my master's, I was grabbed by his wrist, and I felt that my wrist was about to be crushed by him, and the pain made me gasp.
It was probably because he saw the grinning expression on my face that the old man was a little relieved.
He just sat on the ground, staring at me gloomily, and didn't speak.
As soon as I saw his appearance, I felt uncomfortable. His eyes were very large, round, and bright, but his eyebrows were very light, and under a pair of big eyes there was a big hooked nose, and his philtrum was very short, and his lips were thin, but the complexion of his face was very dark. At first glance, it looks like an owl in the middle of the night, indescribably gloomy.
He stared at me, and I felt hairy in my heart, and after a while, he suddenly yelled at me: "I can't walk, you hit me!" ”
At this time, Liu Shangang came over with the car, and Liang Houzai also jumped out of the back seat of my car. The two of them were also frightened at the time, and when they came to me, they were too nervous to speak.
The old man glanced at Liu Shangang, and suddenly said, "And you, you also bumped into me!" ”
Liu Shangang shouted grievances on the spot: "I didn't!" I just stopped the car. After a pause, Liu Shang said again: "You suddenly rushed out just now, but I saw it, it will be a red light!" ”
He spoke very loudly, as if he was afraid that the people nearby would not be able to hear him.
But when I looked around, I realized that there was no one else walking on this road now except the three of us.
The old man snorted sullenly: "Hmph, I was hit, and all three of you have a share!" I tell you parents to go! ”
When he said this, the three of us didn't dare to squeak. When I was in elementary school and junior high school, I was most afraid of calling my parents.
It's over, it seems that this old man is not a reasonable person, and I don't know what he will do next!
I was worried about all this mess, and I was afraid that the old man would be broken by me, so I tried to help him up. I didn't expect me to help him so lightly, and he really stood up, and it didn't seem to be a big deal.
But when the old man stood up, he did not move, but stood there and shouted, "I can't walk anymore, you have to send me home." Otherwise, I'll tell you parents to go! ”
Don't look at his age, he looks thin and small, but when he speaks, he is full of energy, and the three of us are stunned when we hear it.
It was still Liu Shangang, who asked timidly next to me: "That...... If we send you home, won't you tell my dad? ”
The old man glared at Liu Shangang, his eyes were gloomy and scary, Liu Shanang quickly lowered his head, and did not dare to look at him for a moment.
We have no choice but to send him home first.
At that time, it was the three of us who were honest, if we were the kind of person who was more thief-minded, as soon as I heard that he was looking for his parents, I would just throw him away and run away on a car.
But when I asked him where his family lived, he didn't say clearly, just pointed me in the direction with his hand from time to time.
I rode with the old man, Liu Shangang with Liang Houzai, and walked slowly and leisurely, the old man pointed the direction in a mess, and I took the wrong road several times.
After about an hour, we came to the mountain gate of a Taoist temple.
This Taoist temple is not unfamiliar to me, and after a few miles of walking, it is the entrance of the village of Wangzhuang.
How did he bring us here?
I looked back at the old man and asked, "Grandpa, do you live in a Taoist temple?" ”
He glared at me, "What, no?" I can't walk, you help me in, and you two, come and help me! ”
In fact, none of the three of us wanted to help him, and besides, he didn't have any injuries on his body, and his legs and feet were very neat. But after all, we were at a loss, and he couldn't help it, so we hurriedly surrounded him and hurriedly helped him out of the car.
When I helped the old man into the Taoist temple, I only thought about ending this matter quickly.
A few years ago, I passed by this temple occasionally, but I only glanced at it from the outside, and this was the first time I saw the inside of the temple.
This Taoist temple is not strong in the incense on weekdays, but the scale is not small, after entering the mountain gate, there are Lingguan Palace, Sanqing Palace, Four Imperial Palaces, Sanguan Palace, Chunyang Palace, Qiu Zu Palace, and other Taoist temples, Sanqing Hall is the largest of all buildings, and our earth master Lao Tzu is also enshrined in it.
The fact that so many buildings can be arranged shows the size of the courtyard, and the ground is paved with old stone slabs, and in the cracks of those stone slabs, some moss can be faintly seen. The Taoist temple is very quiet, and the air is filled with a strong smell of incense, and the smell of that smell can make people's hearts calm down.
But in such an environment, I vaguely feel that something is wrong, but I can't say where it is.
It wasn't until I walked by the Sanqing Hall that I came back to my senses, when I passed by this Taoist temple in the past, I obviously saw that there were Taoist priests inside, but why is it so quiet today, where have all the people gone?
That is, I just had this thought in my heart, and suddenly I felt my hand slip, and the old man slipped out of my hand like a loach.
At that time, I was holding the old man's right hand, Liang Houzai was holding his left hand, and Liu Shangang was opening the way in front.
The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that the old man would suddenly throw us away, turn around and run in the direction of the mountain gate.
He ran so fast that by the time we came to our senses, there was no one to be seen.
Liu Shangang looked at the mountain gate, then looked at me, and said, "That old man...... Something is wrong. ”
At this time, a thin mist rose in the Taoist temple, and I suddenly had a very bad feeling in my heart, so I shouted to Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang: "Run, get out of the mountain gate!" ”
How long did it take me to shout this sentence? But when these words were blurted out, the fog quickly thickened, and in the blink of an eye, the world around us turned into a gray patch.
All this reminds me of the corpse baby incident two years ago!
Last time, I could still identify the northwest direction with a stream of yin qi, but this time, yin qi and mist were mixed together, and this Taoist temple became a cold quagmire.
Under the heavy fog, the only thing I could see clearly was the Sanqing Hall behind me.
Liu Shangang rushed to my side and grabbed my arm tremblingly. Liang Houzai felt the yin qi in the air, and obviously became a little nervous, although he still made a relatively calm look on his face, but his body involuntarily leaned towards me and Liu Shangang.
To be honest, I'm also nervous, but after all, this is a Taoist temple, and there is still a Sanqing Hall behind him, even if it is a powerful evil, just the three statues in the Sanqing Hall can be suppressed, so I am not afraid in my heart.
Liang Houzai still said beside me: "This fog is too weird, let's go to Sanqing Hall to avoid it." ”
I nodded at him, and pulled Liu Shangang in the direction of the Sanqing Palace, and Liu Shangang pulled Liang Houzai again, as if only when the two of us sandwiched him in the middle, he felt a little safer in his heart. I also know that the last time Nan Shi made a small disturbance with the corpse baby, it left a big psychological shadow on Liu Shangang.