Chapter 36: The Pain of Parting
Seven big palm lights!
As soon as the old ghost's words fell, everyone's eyes turned to me, and suddenly, it was as if a mountain had suddenly pressed on my body, and I was going to die of a heavy weight. The times are different, the environment is different, and many things in the past are changing invisibly, but some things are of great significance.
"It's the grandson of the sixth child." Someone said: "It looks a bit like the sixth child back then." "
"Anyway, they are all children of the Seven Sects, young people are energetic and have good brains, and we old guys run errands, which is actually good."
The old ghost was silent, listening to the chatter of the people below for a long time, I turned my head to look at him, his face was a little pale.
"Okay, don't be verbose, the juniors below are all out." The old ghost sat on the chair at the top, although the upper part of his leg was wrapped, but I still felt unspeakably uncomfortable when I looked at it, he looked at the two grandsons of the Song family who were no longer very silent, and then withdrew his gaze, and said, "Lao Tzu will talk to you about something." "
"Get out, get out." Song Baiyi hurriedly drove the juniors below to walk out, and then closed the door of the house. The middle-aged woman in her forties of the Tang family was a little overwhelmed, standing in place, not walking, not leaving, looking dazed.
"You can sit down and listen too, what those two little bastards said just now is annoying, but there is a saying that is still true." The old ghost said to the woman: "The way of the world is different, the old rules of the past should be changed, the Tang family is still the Tang family, and the sons and girls are all the species of the Tang family." "
Several older generations sat together, these were all the same generation as my grandfather, although some of them had washed their hands for many years, but the secrets of the family of the river family were hidden in their hearts.
"Big brother, what is the charter of the matter, you tell me, let us have a bottom in our hearts."
"Just follow the big palm lamp." The old ghost stood up and walked slowly to the window, and I could see that he tried to walk as steadily as he could, but he was injured in his leg, and he couldn't help himself. He looked out of the window and said slowly, "Lao Tzu wants to go out." "
I'm still young, and I don't know much about the past, so I can't understand what the old ghost means when he says that. But a few old guys looked at each other and asked tentatively, "Big brother, are you going to the west?" "
"The west is the root, whether it works or not, Lao Tzu wants to try."
"That's right, it's just that" Song Baiyi said: "The big palm lamp back then went to the west, and then never returned, our family, we can't say unlucky words, but if the big palm lamp is fine, I will come back anyway."
I really didn't know much about these old things, and it was only later that I became clear. The big palm lamp of the previous generation of the seven gates of the river is the father of the old ghost, the old ghost was sent to Zhenhe when he was young, and his father went to another place alone, and there was no news after he left, the big palm lamp was gone, and the seven gates fell into chaos, and then they scattered into a plate of sand.
In the final analysis, for the sake of Zhenhe, the old ghost discarded too much, and floated on the river for half his life, and his father and son did not have the opportunity to see each other for the last time. I felt more and more uncomfortable in my heart, and I always wanted to persuade him, but the occasion was not right, and I didn't know how to speak.
"Needless to say, Lao Tzu knows in his heart, you do your own thing." The old ghost looked at a few people and said: "The big palm lamp is still small, up and down, it depends on you to mention it, Lao Tzu has never thanked people in his life, but this time, I want to thank you for him." "
"Wherever this is, it should be done, it should be done."
Originally, I wanted to get some other clues from the conversation between them, but a few old guys tacitly said a lot of things thoroughly, and the old ghost explained a few words, and the matter was over. Actually, I'm really useless, it's just that the old ghost is going to travel far away, and I'm sitting here, so that the Seven Gates have a nominal backbone, and they won't be as scattered and messy as before.
"Big brother, when are you leaving?"
"What, in a hurry to drive Lao Tzu away?"
"No, no, how can that mean." A few old guys said with a smile: "Just ask, brothers have to prepare." "
"Just these few days, now, Lao Tzu wants you to do something." The old ghost said: "Invite Wang Zhong out." "
The old ghost said that the king bell is the most important thing that has been passed down from generation to generation in the seven gates of the river, it is a very large bronze bell, how many years it is, no one can say. This big bell has always been treasured, but in fact, there is no other use, the only thing that can be used is that when the seven gates take turns to hand over the town river, the big bell is carried to the river beach, and the bell rings, no matter how far away the river of the town river is, it can be heard.
A few old guys are a little confused, the river is the most important thing, if it is not the time to hand over, no one dares to recruit the river of Zhenhe back, they don't know in their hearts, but I can't help but be nervous, the old ghost just pulled his grandfather to the top shift, and now he wants to use Wang Zhong to recruit him, there is only one possibility: the old ghost no longer trusts grandpa.
I was nervous, but I didn't dare to say it. The following people listened to the old ghost's instructions and immediately went to prepare. The old ghost sat silently in place, did not move for a long time, and did not speak. I cautiously accompanied him, and after a long while, he took my shoulder, stood up, and said, "Baby, let's go, go to the river beach and have a look." "
"Isn't it?"
"Yes." The old ghost knew what I wanted to ask, nodded, and said slowly: "Lao Tzu still wants to see, sixth child, whether he is obedient or not." "
I felt a sense of grievance, a burst of unspeakable sadness, although I haven't known the old ghost for a long time, but I already know what kind of person he is. I don't want any conflict between the old ghost and my grandfather, no matter which of them is injured or who is dead, it will be a heavy blow to me.
But I can't stop anything.
Song Baiyi and a few of them carried out the Wang Zhong, it has been useless for fifty or sixty years, the huge Wang Zhong has to be dragged together by three or two flatbed trucks, it is covered with dust and patina, I looked at this bell, I felt a little familiar, and then I found that this bell is very similar to the soul bell on the empty ship.
During the flood season, the river beach is full of water, and three carts pull the big bell until they can't walk anymore before stopping in knee-deep water. Ignoring the wound on his leg, the old ghost stood silently in the water, looking out at the river. When the bell rang, I saw the corners of his eyes twitch back and forth, and although he didn't show any expression, I knew that he was just as apprehensive as I was.
He hoped that the brother who worshiped the boy back then would not disappoint him too much.
After living for so many years, I have learned a truth, what a person thinks in his heart and what will happen to reality are completely different things.
On the beach of the Yellow River back then, the old ghost was extremely disappointed. The bell was struck many times in succession, and a group of people waited silently on the river beach. The old ghost stood in the water, and no one listened to it, and looked at the river hard, but the river was always undisturbed, and the stone coffin did not appear, and the grandfather did not appear. At that time, I suddenly had a very bad thought in my heart, grandpa, what is his position? Could it be that the man who prefers to teach is true? He is a member of the Seven Gates, so why should he go against the Seven Gates?
I can't help but think of what the old ghost said to me before, the people in the seven gates, good and bad are written on their faces, who is what they look like, just look at it, but Chen Liujin, like a fog, no one can see through it.
The old ghost stood in the water for two whole days, not eating or drinking, until the wound on his leg was soaked and white and swollen, and the stone coffin was still nowhere to be seen. He seemed to be deflated and tired, and turned around slowly, probably standing for too long, and as soon as he moved, the old ghost's body tilted violently, and he almost fell into the water.
I hurriedly helped him, the old ghost's lips trembled, the old man seemed to be weak, his eyes were dazed, and lost, he seemed to be talking, but the voice was very low, I helped him to walk back, and after listening for a long time, I heard that he had been muttering a word.
"Sixth, what's wrong with you? What's wrong? "
I couldn't do it sadly, helped him to the edge of the riverbank, when the old ghost faced the people below, the loss on his face was completely invisible, he straightened his waist, and said to Song Baiyi: "After Lao Tzu left, the big palm lamp will take you to patrol the river, to find the sixth child." "
"But, he's in Zhenhe."
"Lao Tzu let me look for it, you will go to find it, at this time, what kind of river is still in the town!"
Other people may still know nothing, but I understand what the old ghost means, he thinks that grandpa is unreliable, and it is obviously inappropriate to let an unreliable person do such an important thing, so he wants to find, to find grandpa.
As soon as the old ghost spoke, no one dared to speak back. A group of people walked back, and because of my grandfather, I didn't know what to say to the old ghost. After walking silently for a long time, the old ghost turned his head to look at me and said, "Baby, don't murmur in your heart, the sixth is the sixth, you are you, it's not the same thing, no matter what he does, you can rest assured to be your big palm." "
"Yes, I know."
We went back to Baoliu Village, the old ghost's leg injury did not touch the bones, but the flesh damage was serious, and he recuperated for three or four days, and when he was a little better, he was ready to leave. His temper is like this, once the matter is decided, it is useless for anyone to say. I am very worried, because Song Baiyi said that the big palm lamp of the previous generation disappeared completely after going to a place, and the words were vague, but the meaning was obvious, the big palm lamp must be dead, otherwise the seven doors would not be lost. The ability of the previous generation of big palm lamps is no smaller than that of the old ghost.
I was afraid, very afraid that the old ghost would be like his father, and never go back.
It was a morning, and we all got up early to get some luggage for the old ghost. Then send him away, the old ghost resolutely refused to let people send, and when he arrived at the entrance of the village, he lost his temper and scolded me and Qiqi back.
"Two babies, both are good, good." The old ghost carried his burden on his back, limped along the road to the west at the entrance of the village, and walked slowly, and he did not look back.
I could only see his back, emaciated, senile, little by little faded from my own sight.
"Brother." Qiqi's big eyes were full of tears, and he asked me, "Where did you go?" Do you want to come back? Don't you want us anymore?"