Chapter 19: Apprenticeship
"On the Wangxiang Terrace, all the way forward, it is the Vicious Dog Ridge, in ancient times, the books said that there are vicious dogs on the Vicious Dog Ridge, and there are very few people who can cross the Vicious Dog Ridge, but now it is difficult to say, those quasi-ghosts, a tall man raised in the new era, a kick and fly one is probably not a problem. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Ge Lao Wu leaned on the iron platform, took out another cigar from his butt pocket and spit out two puffs of smoke rings.
"Hey, you're also a god, when these things were caught, the whole room was running around, and it took a lot of effort to catch them one by one, so Hongliu'er's block could sneak out while the chaos was made, and that thing, what's the matter? Coming up, these stone slaves were burned so much that they were about to cry and cry for their mother. ”
"I'm not as good as you when it comes to torturing ghosts." Lu Yuanyan motioned for Zhou Mushu to pack up the things, walked slowly to the iron can and pushed Ge Lao Wu away, twisted the handle and twisted it to the end, the iron can "creaked" and went up.
Inside the jar was a round iron countertop, covered with a layer of rust, with twelve grooves corresponding to twelve transparent cocoons, and inside each lay a flat stone, which had been crushed and deformed, and could barely be seen to be jade.
Zhou Mushu asked curiously, "What is a stone slave?" The one in the jar? ”
Lu Yuanyan looked at those stones intently, it was rare that he didn't talk to him, Ge Laowu squinted and saw that Lu Yuanyan didn't answer, hehe said, "Little brother, the one on the wall is called the ghost jar, and the thing in it is called Shi Nu Ling, Shi Nu, tsk, this thing is hard to say, they were raised by the refiner during their lifetime, just like your master, after the refiner dies, the soul returns to Huangquan, of course, there are Buddhist cultivators who go to Bliss, hey, no matter what you say, it's just that your life is gone, but these things still recognize the master, and the jade spirit born follows the Yellow Spring to the Yellow Spring, jade is such a thing, The yang world takes it as a treasure, and the popularity is used to it, and when it comes to this yin, the turbidity will go in, and it will be stupid, and he only knows how to follow the powerful stone slave spirit, so it is called the stone slave spirit here. ”
Ge Lao Wu sighed, "This thing is difficult to catch, this time I found a lot of brothers to catch all the twelve nearby, what do you say they are trying to do, they chase a person alive and dead, they are tortured like this, and they refuse to talk about the whereabouts of the master, so I said that your master recognized it well, and opened his mouth as soon as he came." ”
Zhou Mushu said, "That means that they are the stone slave spirits of the hosta?" ”
"It's mine, and it's the hosta." Lu Yuanyan took out a deformed green stone from the iron platform, hissed as if it had been burned, and said to Ge Lao Wu, "This jade pendant has been scalded into jade by you, can you light it next time." ”
Hearing this, Zhou Mushu and Ge Lao Wu took two steps back at the same time, and Ge Lao Wu exclaimed, "When did you die?" ”
Zhou Mushu shrank in his arms and shrunk, "Aren't you hot?" ”
Lu Yuanyan sighed, "This piece of jade was not raised in place when I was young, and I slipped away, if it wasn't for sensing me, that stone slave spirit wouldn't have spoken so early, no, I'm ready for you to open the ghost jar, tsk, start to press it into this virtue, Ge Lao Wu, you can do it." ”
Ge Lao Wu took a step back and sneered, "I know this, I haven't heard of the jade spirit of the living slipping into the Netherworld?" ”
Zhou Mushu frowned and said, "No, it's yours, you should have had it from the beginning?" ”
Lu Yuanyan put the jade into his sleeve, and the seventh stone slave spirit in the transparent cocoon gradually faded away, before he clenched his fist and coughed twice, "There was always an accident, just like him, he didn't sense me at first, and so did I, and finally sensed him." ”
Zhou Mushu's brows furrowed even deeper, this person was full of confidence on weekdays, and he looked like he was eager to take him as the standard of all things, but at this time, he actually admitted that he was wrong very decisively? It's incredible, it's even more incredible than the two days ago when he was thinking about whether the ghost is real, and now he is in the Yin Si Yellow Spring.
Ge Lao Wu played a round and threw away half of the cigar he had left, "Vicious Dog Ridge, isn't it Vicious Dog Ridge, I'll call a few ghost guys now, go together, the spirit of the jade grandson must be there." ”
"Fifth Master, how do you know that it must be the Imperial Green Spirit?" Zhou Mushu said.
Ge Lao Wu patted his ass smoothly, but his tone was very affirmative, "A refiner of your master's level, what he has practiced, he has to follow the most powerful thing, that piece of emerald, I haven't seen a better condition since I entered the underworld at the age of eight, so even if the Evil Dog Ridge is wrong, it won't be too far behind." ”
"I love to hear this, hey, don't call your guy, Hongliu'er is enough." Lu Yuanyan's face changed from sunny to cloudy, and he straightened his sleeves, "Call others, more than half a step, and they won't be able to see us." ”
Ge Lao Wu said, "What are you going to do half a step back?" ”
Lu Yuanyan pointed to himself in a long hexagram shirt and said, "Lao Tzu's clothes, you let me go to the Vicious Dog Ridge and lead the dog for a walk?" ”
Ge Lao Wu waved his hand and walked towards the door, "Okay, okay, I'm just going to pick up and pick up, and I'll take you there with Hongliu'er in a while." ”
"Wait." Lu Yuanyan grabbed Ge Lao Wu's vest belt.
Ge Lao Wu blinked, "What are you doing?" ”
Lu Yuanyan pointed to the stone slave spirits in a row, "It's all pitiful, after the matter is done, let it go." ”
Ge Lao Wu gritted his teeth and smiled, "You're still soft-hearted, like a girl." ”
Zhou Mushu saw Lu Yuanyan's hand holding the strap and pressing it into it for three points, Ge Lao Wu frowned and howled, "Eh, eh, Cheng Chengcheng, listen to you." ”
Zhou Mushu had long been accustomed to Lu Yuanyan looking for the amorous proprietress who was more than half a step away from everything, sitting at the table, holding his chin and watching the proprietress lead Lu Yuanyan to change clothes, and suddenly remembered Murong Huan who was crying angrily at the door of Dingyan Zhai, obviously such a beautiful girl, but she could cry like that for love words, his only unforgettable feelings were probably family affection and friendship that had reached a great age.
He actually couldn't figure it out, if he Zhou Mushu was still a child who hadn't grown stubble, and he didn't understand the love and love of adults, but Lu Yuanyan was definitely not more than ten years older than him, why didn't such a young, rich and capable person accept Murong Huan......
Zhou Mushu lay on the table for a long time and decided not to want to, his task was just to make money desperately and make his mother live a better life.
Lu Yuanyan didn't know when he had come out from behind the door, changed into a neat jacket, kicked leather boots, and threw him a pair of knee pads, "Wear this, the dog can't bite, are you afraid of the dog?" ”
Zhou Mushu shook his head, "Don't be afraid." ”
"It's okay to be afraid." The proprietress leaned against the door and fiddled with her nails, "Where the evil dog is in the ridge, the dog has almost dispersed, are you still a big Ming?" ”
"You can't say that." Ge Lao Wu also changed into similar equipment and stepped into the gate of more than half a step, with a gun with a strange pattern pinned to his waist, followed by Hongliu'er, "Sixth master, this is careful, Yanqiu, what do you know about a girl, the apprentice is just this single seedling, can you not be a baby." ”
The proprietress rolled her eyes when she saw Ge Lao Wu, raised her hand and lifted the bead curtain behind the counter, twisted it in, and did not forget to wave her hand and scold, "Next time, don't expect the old lady to burn and worship you in the yang world!" You can sit alone in that alley and eat loess. ”
Zhou Mushu grabbed the knee pads and buckled them, but when he saw Hongliu'er running over, he untied it and tied a strong knot quickly, Zhou Mushu shook it twice, and it didn't fall off steadily, and said happily, "Uncle Hongliu, thank you." ”
Hong Liu'er scratched her head, Zhou Mushu thought she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said, "That... Lord Red Willow? ”
"Don't, don't... No one has ever called me that, it's a shame..."Red Willow stammered and waved her hand.
Ge Lao Wu laughed, squatted down and patted Hong Liu'er on the shoulder, "You will bear it when the child is called, it's rare for your sixth master to teach such a sensible person, you see that he himself looks like he is damaged." ”
Lu Yuanyan kicked the stool, and said with a smile, "Can you go?" ”
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Ge Lao Wu Yu Du City has already been buddies everywhere, friends everywhere, a group of people took an ox cart out of the capital city, Zhou Mushu looked back at the city gate, although he has long been used to ghosts everywhere in the past two days, but when he really saw the city gate on the head of the tooth and claw tiger, he was still a little panicked, especially the two gloomy couplets.
"'Man and ghost, ghost and man, man and ghost have different paths', 'Yin and yang, yang and yin, yin and yang are separated'." Ge Lao Wu pointed to the couplet and read it out, and suddenly smiled "hehe" and patted his thigh, "Isn't this fucking nonsense......"
After finishing speaking, Ge Lao Wu suddenly lowered his head, touched around for a long time without touching the cigarette, put his hands on his knees, and stopped talking.
Lu Yuanyan touched it for a long time, but he didn't find a cigarette, and glanced at the couplet, "Crazy Ge, your mother is very good, she rushes into the ancestral hall every day to burn and worship you, I often go to see her, and I also entrust someone to take care of her, the village is very good to her, last time I went over, and embroidered a purse for me, I said that you are doing well below, she said that although the top is stupid, but also obedient, she will be relieved if you are doing well." ”
Zhou Mushu let out a long sigh in his heart, no matter how Ge Lao Wu is left and right in the underworld, the wealth is rolling, and the younger brother and a large group are not as good as a mother who will never abandon her, which is very similar to him.
Hongliu'er sat on one side and was silent, and Lu Yuanyan said again, "Your tomb is in the Gobi, which is not as convenient as Pukou, although I can't go often, but I have entrusted someone to take care of you, don't worry." ”
Ge Lao Wu suddenly raised his head and sniffed his nose, but the bull's eyes were red, "Brother, I have been in this ghost town for so many years, and what I am most afraid of is this city gate, and I will ...... when I see this." Hey, sometimes bribe those ghosts, let me go up to the township platform to take a look at my old lady, I can howl like a fool for a long time, what's the use of such a yin and yang life? I'd rather the one down there be a fool. ”
"That's it! Old Five. Lu Yuanyan patted him, "Now is not the time to talk about this." ”
Hongliu'er wiped away her tears, nodded, and Zhou Mushu followed on the ox cart, whether it was the sloppy and sloppy Taoist priest who met him for the first time or the cold-faced Rakshasa who tortured Shi Nuling without mercy, he didn't expect that such a man could cry like this.
Ge Lao Wu listened to Lu Yuanyan's words, and although he quieted down, his tears did not seem to be withdrawn at all.
The city gate was getting farther and farther, and Zhou Mushu felt that he should say something, he said, "Uncle Hongliu, aren't you also a ghost?" How can you see us? ”
Lu Yuanyan motioned to Ge Lao Wu to speak, and Ge Lao Wu sniffed, "I have taught so many students of you, are you half my apprentice?" ”
Lu Yuanyan was not annoyed when he saw that he was crying, and waved his hand, "I have no opinion if he agrees, but there is one thing I recognize, that is, even if I am gone in the future, he will give your wife a pension." ”
Zhou Mushu didn't have any opinions, Lu Yuanyan was an unpredictable person, although Ge Lao Wu acted sleek and brutal, his temperament was absolutely true, and what was written in his eyes could be seen at a glance, and Lu Yuanyan's mind was separated by that layer of lenses, and it was blurry.
Besides, he didn't mind having one more if he had already worshipped, he respectfully clasped his fists and saluted, Ge Lao Wu blushed and burst into laughter, "Go back to give this apprenticeship, go back and give." ”
Hong Liu'er also smiled, "If you become a master, you will hand it over to others to learn something." ”
Ge Lao Wu rubbed his nose, "Apprentice, have you ever been to the Gobi?" ”
Zhou Mushu shook his head, "I have been to Chengde as far as I can, and my family lives near your jewelry shop on the ground. ”
"That's a good place." Ge Lao Wu smacked his lips, "Your Uncle Hongliu lives in the Gobi, they are a clan, and they are all small people as tall as him, but in the past, there was no science like now, people think they are ghosts, after a long time, no one knows when Hongliuwa will become a member of this ghost clan, the underworld is built by God, and the rules are set after the introduction of the six reincarnations, since they are all ghosts alive and dead, what else is it divided into." ”
Zhou Mushu said, "I heard that there is a new term called dwarfism abroad, and if this is attributed to a disease, will it be Uncle Hongliu?" ”
Hong Liu'er raised her eyebrows, "But I'm not sick?" I died of old age. ”
Zhou Mushu blinked and didn't know how to explain, Lu Yuanyan slapped him and greeted him, "Hongliu'er, don't pay attention to this kid, I've been drinking ink for a few days, and I'm talking nonsense." ”
Zhou Mushu knew that this was to relieve him, so he was busy protecting his head, and he didn't say anything, Ge Lao Wu was not happy, "I said why are you like this, did Lao Tzu agree to beat my apprentice?" ”
"Half of him is still with me." Lu Yuanyan glared at Ge Lao Wu through the lens, "Anyway, it's also my apprentice first." ”
The two of them shouted noisily all the way, fortunately, the cow was very smart, and after passing through the wild ghost village to speed up the pace, the tail also threw off a lot of ghosts of pickpockets, and after the Jinji Mountain, they ran all the way forward without stopping, and the green grass and flowers on both sides gradually became inches of wild grass, and the yin wind that blew on the cheeks along the way finally stopped.
The car finally came to a halt at a barren mountain pass, and the wind was blowing, and the ox let out a long cry, flicking its tail and unwilling to move forward.
Ge Lao Wu patted the cow's buttocks, "See, the old guy doesn't want to go, the rest of the way, we have to climb up by ourselves." ”