With a goal, there was suddenly hope in my heart, although the eight characters have not yet been skimmed, but the whole body is full of energy. The three of us hurried for a while, bought a small boat directly from a boatman's family, and walked down the river towards Gou Banxian's hometown. This section of the road is not close, and it has been walking for more than three days by water, and another day and a half by land before reaching the boundary of Gou Banxian's hometown.

The big-headed Buddha hurriedly asked someone to inquire where the Gou Banxian family was, but I could see that the people in this radius of one or twenty miles were very protective of the Gou family, and they were very vigilant when they saw the appearance of the big-headed Buddha, and asked ten people, and the ten people shook their heads and said they didn't know. There was no way, I asked patiently for a long time, and then asked the honest old man to inquire, and it took a lot of effort to ask where Gou Banxian lived.

As soon as the place is asked, immediately pull out your legs and leave. We hurried away, and we didn't look at the sky, and when we arrived at the small village where Gou Banxian and they lived, it was already night, and I didn't know whether I should visit at night, but when I hesitated to walk to the entrance of the village, I saw a lonely and thin ghost-like figure standing at the entrance of the village. This figure barely needs to be distinguished to know that it is Gou Banxian. I was surprised, and when I looked over, it was really Gou Banxian.

"Waiting for you." Gou Banxian took a breath and said to me, "It's finally here." ”

"How did you know we were coming?"

"Come with me first."

Gou Banxian turned to lead the way, his house was at the end of the village, behind a row of tall elm trees. Before I reached the door, I saw a mourning shed outside the gate of the courtyard.

"What's going on!" I was shocked again, the head of Gou Banxian's family was thin, in order to avoid other people in the family being implicated, he only took his grandfather to live here in seclusion, Gou Banxian stood in front of him dignifiedly, so this spirit shed is for Lao Gou?

"There is a mourning at home." When Gou Banxian walked all the way here, he knelt down at us and kowtowed. This is the custom of white things on our side, the elders of the family pass away, and the children and grandchildren will kowtow when they see outsiders to show their filial piety. Gou Banxian kowtowed and stood up, his small triangular eyes were already full of tears, and Nuo Nuo said: "I brought the lotus wood back, but it's a pity that his old man can't stand it."

Lao Gou is not as solid as the big-headed Buddha, giving people to deduce divination and peeping into the heavens, often suffering from some inexplicable tribulations, trapped in the belly of the pit fish for so long, it is easy to be rescued by me, and let Pai Jiao take it away, so old can not withstand the toss again and again, the oil is exhausted, and the lotus wood can not prolong his life. My heart was cold to the soles of my feet, and I tried my best to find Gou's house, who knew that Lao Gou had already swallowed his breath in advance, how could I ask him about Qingma?

But after thinking about it again, I don't think something is right, how can Gou Banxian know that we are coming? Just as he was hesitating, Gou Banxian got up and let us go to the courtyard, and said, "Come in and say, I've been keeping the spirit, and in the middle of the afternoon, there was a little movement in the coffin, which was a clear indication from my father, and I knew you were coming." ”

The spirit shed was already empty, and as soon as he got the letter in the middle of the afternoon, Gou Banxian took advantage of the dusk to get the coffin in the spirit shed to the back room. As soon as I heard it, I felt that things were not so bad, and a person like Lao Gou, as long as he was willing, would make some movement even if he died. The originally dead heart was immediately full of hope again, and followed Gou Banxian towards the courtyard. We entered the courtyard one after the other, but the big-headed Buddha behind us seemed to have hit something and was blocked out.

"Why don't you let me in!" The big-headed Buddha rubbed his forehead, and he tried to squeeze inside, but the open courtyard door seemed to be full of evil spirits, and we came and went freely, only he was blocked and couldn't enter.

"Oops! This "Gou Banxian is very embarrassed, and I immediately understood that the big-headed Buddha and Lao Gou cheated each other once, and the resentment did not dissolve until Lao Gou died, which was obviously aimed at the big-headed Buddha. Gou Banxian puffed on his knees, kowtowed to the back room and said: "Master, it's all in the past, don't always remember it in your heart, why bring it to the bottom of the grievances before your death, master"

The big-headed Buddha was very angry at the beginning, but Gou Banxian chattered about it, which reminded him of the past, the past right and wrong, it was difficult to tell right or wrong, and both sides were responsible. The big-headed Buddha was arrogant, but not unreasonable, hesitated and wandered for a while, and finally bent over and bowed to the inner room. Gradually, the force blocking the Buddha slowly dissipated, and we entered the courtyard and immediately opened the door of the inner room.

A thin-skinned coffin was placed in the middle of the inner room, the coffin lid was open, not long after Lao Gou died, not long after the first seven, plus the cold weather, the body was intact.

"Master, the people from the Seven Gates are here." Gou Banxian held the coffin, as if he was afraid of disturbing Lao Gou, and said softly: "It's the person who gave us lotus wood." ”

Although Gou Banxian didn't say it explicitly, since Lao Gou has knowledge under the spring, there is a chance that he will help us. People are doing it, the sky is watching, although the lotus wood did not come in handy, but this love, Lao Gou obviously received it. Gou Banxian muttered for a while, but there was no movement in the coffin, so he turned his head to me and said, "What's the matter, let's say it, this is the last time my master will manifest." ”

"Two things, out of the river came a green horse, with feathers on both sides of its body and traces of a leaf on its back." I said: "There is also the matter of the Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird last time, I want to know the specific origin of the Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird." ”

As soon as my words fell, the thin-skinned coffin suddenly shook, and Lao Gou, who was wearing a shroud, seemed to turn over and sit up, which startled Lao Fuba. But the coffin shook and regained its composure.

"What you asked, it's true" Gou Banxian said: "When I went to Yuema Beach, the master said that he wouldn't talk about the bird, and he had to bring it all into the coffin." ”

A person like Lao Gou is like a mirror in his heart, what can be said and what cannot be said, he is measured. He was rescued from the belly of the pit fish, and let the red lady take him away, and asked a lot of things in private. The red lady did not achieve her goal by unscrupulous means, and tortured Lao Gou a lot, but even then, Lao Gou bit her mouth tightly and hid some secrets. Some things, not only are the things themselves important, but more importantly, once leaked, they will bring disaster to Lao Gou.

There is nothing important except death, and the diviner refuses to reveal the secret of heaven, just to thin his own life, but now that he is dead, he is dead, what punishment can he have?

"The changes in the big river, Lord and I both know in our hearts." Gou Banxian patted me on the shoulder and said, "Our Gou family can't help much, we can only do our best, my grandfather will tell you this." ”

"So how?" I immediately asked, "Is there a goddess in this area?" ”

"Over the yin, that's just for ordinary people, my lord doesn't need it." Gou Banxian got up and went to the cabinet next to him to get something, and kowtowed three times next to the coffin, this may be to fiddle with the corpse, the elders of the family died, the eldest son and eldest grandson hugged their heads into the coffin, and after entering the coffin, they could not move the corpse again, otherwise it would be disrespectful and they would kowtow to apologize.

I saw Gou Banxian holding a small piece of yellow table paper in his hand, then wrapped it in some cinnabar and other fine pieces, crumpled the paper into a ball, slowly pried open Lao Gou's mouth, and stuffed the paper ball into it. As soon as the person died, all kinds of secretions stopped, and Gou Banxian poured a little water into Lao Gou's mouth and dissolved the paper ball.

Immediately afterwards, Gou Banxian took out a mirror and looked at Lao Gou's face. It sat like this for a quarter of an hour, and the mirror did not change in the slightest. Gou Banxian was anxious, held the mirror and said: "Master, don't hesitate anymore, this matter is very important to Qimen, your great-grandsons and great-grandchildren are all in other places, they are very stable, and they are not afraid of retribution, what to say, you can say it!" ”

As soon as Gou Banxian urged, wisps of very faint smoke came out of Lao Gou's mouth and nose, just like the breath of a person talking outside the house in winter. This wisp of smoke slowly condensed on the mirror, twisting and twisting like a string of tadpoles. This thing can't be understood by outsiders, and it can only be interpreted by Gou Half-Immortal.

After a few minutes, he slowly nodded to me and said, "My master said that he had deduced the origin of the bird in the past, but he never told anyone about the result." ”

"Tell me."

"Where that bird came from, my master can't figure it out, but he knows" Gou Banxian said: "That bird is the ancestor of the natural Tao." ”

Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird! The godfather of nature!

One sentence is like an enlightenment, which makes my heart bright as transparent, some clues are clear, some clues are vague, but if you think about it carefully, you can sort out a clear line. The woman who was nailed to death on the bank of the river by Chi You by the edge of the glacier rift is a Xuannu nine times out of ten. Xuannu is the incarnation of Xuanniao, and Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird is the ancestor of Xuanniao, and the ancestor of the Tao of Nature. The conversation between the Xuannu on the bank of the glacier and Chi You before she died, I heard clearly from the bronze mirror under the riverbed of the chain of mountains and rivers.

The "he" that Xuannu said when she talked to Chi You must be King Yu. Xuannu's tone is not only to protect the Central Plains for King Yu, but also has an indescribable concern and affection. If it weren't for this special relationship, King Yu would be able to drive the body of the Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird to guard the river?

"And the green horse that came out of the river" Gou Banxian then wanted to say, but without him talking, I could guess that the carriage must have come from the Natural Heavenly Palace, pulling the body of the Xuanhuang Ancestral Bird into the river! When the Xuanhuang ancestral bird came out of the river, the scene is vivid, I remember that there were four horses pulling the cart, but when Hua Laohan saw the carriage entering the river, there were five horses. In other words, that green horse, one of the five horses pulling the cart, came from the Natural Heavenly Palace!