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The well-fed old man thanked the old horse again and again, and deliberately looked at his face carefully, and then pulled his hand over and looked at it again and again, sighing: "Good people don't have a good life, wow, the young man lost his parents, middle-aged widowed and old age lost his son, and all the misfortunes in life were not pulled down!" ”

This sentence almost shocked the old horse head! Why? He lost his father at the age of three and his mother at the age of seven, and his wife was also seriously ill when he was thirty-five years old. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info finally looked forward to the fact that his son was older and it was time to marry a daughter-in-law, so he took out his life savings to build a new house for his son. But who knows, the new house that has not yet been built suddenly collapsed, and his two sons are stoned to death in it. If it weren't for the kindness of the Gao family to help him bury his two sons and bring him home, he didn't know if he still had the courage to live alone in this world. Since then, he has been working as a porter in the Gao family, and it has been almost ten years now.

This old road had never been seen before, and it was obvious that a foreigner was passing through this place. How could he tell him so clearly what happened to him as soon as he opened his mouth? Could it be that this Taoist priest is really a serious Taoist with ability? Thinking of this, Lao Ma couldn't help but speak with respect: "The Taoist is really a half-immortal, what he said is right." Brother, I admire. But can you please ask the Taoist chief to see if my master is in trouble? "As the saying goes, people are old and treacherous, although the old horse admires the Taoist priest for being able to say his own things, but he still has a heart, and he doesn't tell the master's family, and wants to further test his Taoism.

Lao Dao didn't shirk, walked to the door of the gatehouse, looked around, pinched it with his hand for a while, and gasped: "The long house is in trouble, and the children and grandchildren will be harmed!" As soon as the Taoist priest finished speaking, Lao Ma knelt down: "Godman, my eldest young master has an accident, ask the Taoist elder to show mercy and save people's lives!" While talking, he kept kowtowing to the old way, and begged with tears streaming down his face!

Lao Ma's feelings for the Gao family are not simply the feelings of the porter for the owner. Since the Gao family brought him back to arrange food and lodging, the old horse, who had lost all his relatives, felt the warmth of home again and had the hope of living. Therefore, in Lao Ma's heart, he has long regarded the Gao family as his home, and the people of the Gao family as his relatives. Ten years ago, when he first arrived at the Gao family, the eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother had just gotten married, and they had not left the house yet. Later, the eldest young master went out to be an official, and he only came back once a year during the Chinese New Year, and every time he came back, he didn't forget to bring a gift to everyone in the family, including Lao Ma and all the people who worked in the Gao family.

is such a gentle and kind young master, who was carried in last night covered in blood, not to mention the old lady, even their subordinates are very sad. That's why he made a statement to test the Taoist priest, and when he heard the Taoist priest's words, how could the old horse hesitate. Perhaps, this Taoist priest can really save the life of the eldest young master?

I saw the old horse with a white beard kneeling on the ground, and his forehead was bleeding. The Taoist priest hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up, and said again and again: "I can't help it, I have tormented me, I have something to say, it is easy to say!" The old horse stood up and told the Taoist priest to wait in the porter for a while, and he rushed into the upper room to find the old man and his wife.

Listening to Lao Ma's Taoist priest's straightforward conclusion, Gao's father and mother both seemed to see a savior, let Lao Ma lead the way, and personally went to the concierge to invite the Taoist priest to Gao Bo'an's bed.

The Taoist priest examined Gao Bo'an's injuries in detail, and after a long time, he shook his head: "There is only a glimmer of life, difficult, difficult, difficult!" ”

"A glimmer of life?" Gao's father, who had been forcibly calm, seemed to have grasped some life-saving straw, and he couldn't care about his majesty, so he knelt down with a plop, and begged the Taoist priest to save his son's life with tears, and the mother and wife next to him also knelt down together. The old horse and the other subordinates on the side saw that the master's family was kneeling, and they all knelt down one after another, and the house was dark and oppressive. Seeing this situation, Lao Dao looked up to the sky and sighed, stretched out his hand to help his father up, and also motioned for everyone else to get up, and said in a heavy voice: "Old man, don't kneel to me, I can't stand a monk." If I could save it, I wouldn't have helped you if I didn't need you to do it. It's just that although Ling Gongzi still has a glimmer of life now, this vitality is not within my ability. So no matter how much you kneel, I'm useless! Seeing the sincerity of what the old Taoist said, Father Gao couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Since my son's vitality is not here with the Taoist chief, where is it?" The head of the road points out the maze! ”

Lao Dao sighed again and shook his head: "Ling Gongzi's injury has basically stepped into the Yama Palace. I just looked at it, and the heart and lungs are damaged, and there is no life. If it weren't for the fact that the ancestors of the Gao family were all people who did good deeds and accumulated many blessings for future generations, I am afraid that the old gentleman would not even be able to see the last side of his son. Hearing what the Taoist priest said, Gao's father's tears couldn't help but flow down again: "Alas, since it is a blessing for his descendants, why did he let my son suffer this great calamity!" ”

Lao Dao shook his head disapprovingly: "Old gentleman, don't say such a thing, the Gao family has been rich and prosperous for several generations, and when the moon is full, the water is full and overflowing, and the old gentleman will not think that a family will be free of disasters and difficulties for generations, right?" ”

Father Gao nodded, after all, he is a knowledgeable old man, and he naturally understands that the rise and fall of honor and disgrace are interdependent, and there is no long-lasting family in this world, and his family has been smooth for several generations, and he should not complain about some disasters in his generation. But, but, his most beloved eldest son, the almost perfect eldest son who is full of loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, and righteousness, is now lying there with his life hanging by a thread, how can he rationally accept the truth that the moon is full and the moon is lost? And even if he should lose and overflow, he is willing to be on himself, not to let his son bear it!

Father Gao hugged his fists at the Taoist priest: "I understand what the Taoist chief said, but parents can't see their children and grandchildren suffering." I believe that the Tao is profound, there must be a way to save my son, I am willing to give my remaining blessings and longevity, in exchange for my son's life, if it is not enough, I can make a wish to suffer in the next life or several lifetimes, even if it is entrusted to cattle, horses and animals, as long as it can be exchanged for my son's safety! The high mother and wife next to them also agreed, as long as they could save Ling Gongzi's life, they were willing to sacrifice their own lives in this life or even in the next life, or other costs!