White ceramic bathtub with golden sprinklers and natural marble countertops. The water in the bathtub of the Purple Pavilion glows with the pale blue of the ceiling, like a touch of the shallow sea. There was a woman lying quietly in the water, the red rose petals couldn't hide the youthful beauty, the delicate skin and long dark hair were quietly undulating up and down in the water, and several old mothers were secretly wiping their tears while gently wiping them for her.

"Miss, Miss, you can't just let go of the master, you're gone, what can you do if this white-haired person sends a black-haired person......"

"Squeak", the closed door was opened, and the old mother looked at the person who came in in shock, it was Xiaobai's father, he looked tired, and he could see that this man was in the saddest mood.

"Master, this ......" The towel in the old mother's hand was still dripping, she understood the pain of a father who lost his daughter, but at this time he broke in seemed neither polite nor in line with his status.

The old mother prayed to the man with a crying voice: "Master, the young lady hasn't been washed yet, will you go out first?" ”

"Let's go." The man choked up and said, "Let's go out first, close the door, pack up and go back to your hometown for a few days, the housekeeper Lao Cheng has prepared a coil for you." ”

The old mother immediately cried and shouted: "Master, if we don't leave, how can we leave at this time......

"It's not to drive you away, it's to go back to avoid it first, there is something going on at home in the first two days." Seeing the resolute looks of those old women, Mr. Yuan suddenly knocked a black cane in his hand on the floor tile with an iron face and said, "Tell you to go, if you hear it, let me go immediately!" ”

Suddenly, there was no sound, and the old mother began to pack up the last thing on her hand, a man who had fallen to the bottom several times and could get back up and dominate, that majesty did not need to be doubted, he just raised his tone a little.

The old mothers rushed out, walked past the old man and looked at the young man who followed behind him, and each had a complicated look written in his eyes.

The Yuan family was quiet, Mr. Yuan turned around and gently patted Cha Wenbin's shoulder and wanted to say something, but he just sighed softly and closed the bathroom door and quietly left, leaving him alone to get along with Xiaobai.

Cha Wenbin had a strip of black cloth tied around his face, just enough to cover his eyes, he knew that even if he didn't do this, Mr. Yuan wouldn't blame himself, but he would, on some occasions his principles could not be broken, and he respected her, even if something was about to happen.

The clothes on his body began to fade one by one, Cha Wenbin was not a hardcover man, he was a little thin, it was, but now he is getting thinner. Barefoot, he fumbled his way to the edge of the bathroom, touching the smooth bathtub and gently touching the still warm body.

Just lie in my arms, maybe, this is fate......

Half a month ago, after crossing a small mountain village opposite the crossing of the Yellow River, Cha Wenbin came to look for a prescription, and heard that there was a master here who knew the art of penetrating the heavens and the earth, and could know the mystery of life and death.

People saw it, an old man in the twilight, guarding a cave, and there was a big white goose pecking at the door. Regarding the rumors of this "master", Cha Wenbin believes in it and does not believe it, who is he? Listening to the people of Luomen, his surname is Li, he is unknown, and he is called Li Shenxian. The strange people in the world, all in Romon, Long Ye has left, and he never came out alive in the Zhuangyuan Village that year he entered with my father, but Rohmin is still there.

It was dark in the cave, there was no light, and there was a kerosene lamp at the head of the bed, and the wick was already charred, and the fire seemed to be extinguished at any moment, just like the old man. The old man has no offspring, and the head of the village will come to send some food and drink, and there are a few steamed buns on the table that have fallen full of ashes.

It's a pity that the first thing Cha Wenbin said after entering the door was: "You're late." ”

Cha Wenbin was surprised: "You know I'm coming? ”

The old man half-gasped and said, "I've been waiting for you for a week, but unfortunately I don't have time, hey, I'm old, confused, and I'm not sure." In the next life, you have to promise me one thing before I can continue with you. ”

"Although it is said, what the younger generation can do must be done."

The old man nodded and said: "Out of the cave and look to the northwest, there is a small hill in the direction of the swamp, there is an old persimmon tree on the hillside, and there is a circle of black stones under the tree. ”

Although Cha Wenbin is not a doctor, he can also see that this old man is indeed half a foot on Huangquan Road, and he is used to seeing life and death parting over the years, not because he is indifferent, but because he has learned to accept it.

"I'll order you a good coffin, and you can go on your way with peace of mind."

The old man nodded with some satisfaction, and his cloudy eyes revealed approval: "After all, you are not destined to be an ordinary person, but you will still be like me after all, the destiny is like this, and there is no change." ”

Cha Wenbin didn't answer his words, he had to hurry up, so he went straight to the point and said: "The younger generation came to visit today because there is something to ask for, dare to ask Li Shenxian senior, I have a friend who has a strange disease, her soul can see her own person, people have all three souls but there is no mistake, can this disease be cured?" ”

"Nope." The old man's answer was very simple, with the help of the oil lamp, he seemed to want to get close to Cha Wenbin's face, he really wanted to see what this person he had been waiting for for so many days looked like.

Cha Wenbin bent his knees, knelt lightly in front of the old man's sickbed and said: "I know that my predecessors have a way, and I also know that I myself will have to walk that road one day sooner or later, I don't want to watch my friends be tortured again, I really can't live." ”

"Hey......" The old man sighed again, coughed twice in succession, and then stretched out his wrinkled hands like bark to pull Cha Wenbin, but unfortunately he finally gave up at the moment when he was about to touch it.

"Get up, tell me first, not just one person, but several, right?"

Cha Wenbin then told the whole thing as it was, probably from that year when he was a young scholar until half a month ago, about him, my father, Xiaobai, Ye Qiu and the fat man, he retold everything he knew and didn't know to the old man as soon as possible, and then waited patiently for the answer like a child.

After hearing this, the old man fell into deep thought, and he first asked Cha Wenbin: "Do you know why you ended up in this situation?" ”

Cha Wenbin shook his head, he was indeed a little puzzled, the people in the Romans told him how good this old man was, and the one who could be praised by them must be the dragon and phoenix among the people, but he never thought that he would be such a sad old man.

The old man smiled bitterly: "Because I know too much, I have been asking questions for others all my life, people call me Li Shenxian, but I don't know that I have already offended the immortals." There is a black box on the left side of the inner room, and there is a parchment roll in the box, which is left by my master. ”

Taking out the parchment scroll kept in the brocade box, Cha Wenbin opened it carefully, and suddenly felt that the graphics on the leather scroll were very familiar and very unfamiliar. He was familiar with where he had seen the lines and dots on the diagram, and he was unfamiliar with the fact that such a permutation and combination never seemed to appear anywhere.

"Do you know why I'm called Li Shenxian?" The old man gently touched the parchment and said, "It is by virtue of it, that the sect has been exhausted in my generation, and it is also the curse of God, and it is time for us to cut off our children and grandchildren." Originally, I should continue to find someone to pass on this volume, but I can't hurt others, so I plan to bring it into the soil wholeheartedly, I don't want to count half a month ago that there is a descendant to imitate, I thought it wouldn't be so coincidental, but after all, you still came, give me your hand first. ”

Cha Wenbin handed his hand over, the old man held it gently, his palm was not as thorny as the back of his hand, but there was an indescribable smoothness, which seemed to be the kind of feel that ordinary young people did not have. The old man squinted his eyes and gently roamed over Cha Wenbin's hand, he knew that there was a thaumaturgy in this world called: fortune telling by touching bones.

The old man groped, sometimes frowned, sometimes paused, and after about a cup of tea, he let go of Cha Wenbin and said: "Old man, I think I am clever, I have read countless people and never looked away, but I didn't expect to plant a heel before I left today, I am really ashamed and ashamed." ”

"The old-timers must not say this, it will torment the younger generations."

"I think people can win nine and a half points, and the other half has to ask the sky. But your life is peculiar, there are seven points similar to mine, but there are three points different, these three points the old man can't see a point, it's just that, and finally understand what it means to have a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world. Saying that, the old man brackered his body on the bed, bowed slightly to the west, and said, "Master, if I pass this book on to him, your old man will have no opinion, right?" ”

Hearing the old man's words, Cha Wenbin hurriedly got up and excused himself: "Senior, I am here to find a way to save people, since you are a thing inherited by the master, I really can't afford it." ”

"Young man, if you want to save your friend, I will give you one, but you can only save it for a while, but you can't save it for a lifetime. If you are lucky enough to understand the lower half of this scroll, you only need to burn a manuscript in the direction of my grave in the future. The old man took the sheepskin and put it into Cha Wenbin's hand and said, "Do you know the stone abacus?" ”

"I know." Cha Wenbin didn't dare to hold it up in front of him, so he could only answer like this.

The old man said very sincerely, and his words almost made Cha Wenbin see hope, he said: "My master has spent his whole life trying to crack this stone abacus, but after all, only half of it has been solved, so it is very fateful, and my door can know nine and a half minutes." This thing has always been passed on by the master, and now although you and I don't have the status of master and apprentice, I also want to give it to you, you just need to kowtow to me, I know that you have entered the Taoist door in the first half of your life, and you don't need to have anything to do with me anymore. ”

This answer was beyond his expectations, there were really people in the world who went to unlock half of the Fuxi Bagua Stone abacus, but after this short period of excitement, the old man's next words made him cold from his head to the soles of his feet like cold seawater, and the old man continued: "I give you a sentence of life: all those who have power need to bring evil, and the right star needs to use evil to help each other, and the five elements of great goodness have no power to evil, that is, the power star is lonely and lonely. Remember, you're very human, and if you want to make a splash, it's just a matter of seconds. The so-called creation can not have the best of both worlds, the five elements are harmonious, there is no evil, but the life span is long, ordinary people are only food and clothing, once the power is gathered, the respect of ten thousand people, and it is inevitable to punish the six relatives, and die alone. ”