When the old man Bai returned home, he didn't mention what happened to him in the mountains, but just called his only son Bai Qifeng and told him to take care of the family, and he wanted to go to the mountains for a while, for several years, and as short as dozens of days to go home.

His father's life is as big as a mountain, although Bai Qifeng is puzzled, he can't disobey Old Man Bai's decision, so he can only order his daughter-in-law to help Old Man Bai pack up the package and send Old Man Bai into the mountain.

Old Man Bai walked for nearly a year, and he didn't come back until the autumn of the second year, and as soon as he came back, he said to Bai Qifeng: "My limit is approaching, and I will soon enter the earth, you quickly go and buy some things according to my requirements." ”

The Bai family has been collecting medicine for generations, and naturally understands a little about medical science, Bai Qifeng saw that the old man Bai had a sallow face and coughed, and he knew that something was wrong, and said in a panic: "Dad, where have you been this year, how could you be so seriously ill." ”

Bai Qifeng opened the cabinet as he spoke, wanting to take out the heart pill that had been passed down from generation to generation in the family and give it to Old Man Bai. As a family of medicine pickers, the Bai family has more or less saved some life-saving medicines. These medicines are extremely precious, even if the Bai family reaches the point of exhaustion, they will not sell these medicines easily.

Old Man Bai waved his hand and said, "The disease I have obtained is not an ordinary medicine that can be cured, so you don't have to waste your efforts. You don't need to know many things, you just need to know that everything your father does is for the future generations of the Bai family. You go to the town quickly, buy a thin coffin, the cheapest and thinnest kind, and then buy two taels of cinnabar and come back. In addition, you can hire a painter by the way, if you don't have to worry, your craftsmanship is good, and you are not afraid of wasting time. There are some silver here, you don't have to worry about the lack of silver. ”

Old Man Bai handed Bai Qifeng a heavy package as he spoke, and it was obvious that there was a lot of broken silver in it, and Bai Qifeng just wanted to ask where the silver came from. Old Man Bai suddenly coughed violently, and rare blood spurted out of his mouth. Bai Qifeng wanted to speak and stopped, he didn't dare to ask more, for fear of making Old Man Bai angry, so he hurriedly asked his daughter-in-law to help Old Man Bai lie down, and rode to the town on a donkey cart.

Bai Qifeng finished purchasing according to Mr. Bai's requirements, and after returning home, Mr. Bai asked Mr. and Mrs. Bai to leave, leaving only the painter. Then he slowly took out a bundle of jade slips from his arms, and asked the painter to follow the patterns on the jade slips, dip silver needles in cinnabar, and tattoo these patterns all over his body.

The pattern is extremely weird and shocking. can collect money from people and eliminate disasters, the painter is a smart person, so naturally he will not ask more. However, the old man Bai's physique is already weak, and the cinnabar is poisonous, and after the whole body is covered with patterns, the old man's face has begun to turn black, and there are faint signs of death.

The painter was afraid of being killed and wanted to leave. Bai Qifeng handed the silver two into the painter's hand, and just wanted to send the painter away, the old man Bai coughed twice and said: "I am so limited, when I am dying, I want to take a look around." You stay at home, wait for me to give the painter a ride, and by the way, see this world for the last time. ”

Bai Qifeng had tears in his eyes, there was no doubt about it, Old Man Bai sent the painter away, walked to a dense forest, suddenly took out the sickle on his waist, and cut the painter's throat with a knife. The artist's eyes widened in disbelief. Old Man Bai wiped the blood stains on the sickle and said, "Don't blame the old man for being ruthless, it's all fate." Now that you've seen these patterns, the old decay can't let you go back. ”

The old man took off his clothes, knelt on the ground and bowed to the sky, chanting words in his mouth, reciting a very strange language, and smearing the painter's blood on the patterns on his body as he spoke.

After about a pillar of incense, the painter's body was already cold. Old Man Bai dragged the painter to the depths of the dense forest, took out the silver needle used for daily acupuncture, inserted it into the painter's eight veins, and then took out the wax and lit it, sealing the artist's ear and nostrils. Finally, he took out a small piece of silver and stuffed it into the artist's throat.

"If you have a spirit under the spring, you will interfere with the luck of the descendants of the decrepit. Now the decay seals your three souls and seven souls, so that you will never be able to live beyond the dead. Although the old and decaying practices are contrary to the harmony of heaven and will be punished, they are also helpless. If one day you get out of trouble, even if you come to the old decay, all the sins will be borne by the old decay. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he threw the painter into the mud pit that had been prepared a long time ago, covered it with soil and stones, and slowly returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he fell headlong and spat blood from his mouth. He was already approaching the limit, and just now he was forcing himself to kill people and extinguish his mouth, exhausting the last bit of vitality, even if Da Luo Jinxian was alive at this time, he was powerless to return to the sky.

"Dad, you're about to leave before you even see your grandson, your son is sorry for you..." There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. Bai Qifeng and his wife have been married for several years and have no heirs, and they have no way to do it after seeing countless Langzhong. Old Man Bai went up the mountain to pick thousand-year-old ginseng in exchange for silver taels, not only to improve the life of the Bai family, but also to a large part of the reason is to make up some dowry and marry Bai Qifeng to inherit the lineage.

Old Man Bai coughed up two mouthfuls of black blood, felt a little more comfortable, and said with a weird smile on his face: "This time next year, your child will be born." Remember, when I die, don't wipe my body, and don't give me anything. Bury me on the top of the hill facing east, and don't erect a monument. The grave must be dug three feet, neither deep nor shallow. The coffin can be covered, and it must not be nailed. In addition, I have a bundle of jade slips in my arms, this thing is very important, you have to swear, you would rather die than open it, let alone mention it to anyone, bury it with me. Remember, remember."

After the old man Bai finished speaking, he was killed, and he left with a smile. However, people are not as good as heaven, Bai Qifeng's famous filial son, where would he let his father be buried so shabby.

"Dad, it's not that the son is unfilial, it's just that when people come, they are white and clean, and when they leave, they have to leave cleanly, how can my son let you leave with such a filthy body.."

Bai Qifeng ordered his daughter-in-law to boil hot water, scrub Old Man Bai slightly, put on a new set of clothes, and put them in the coffin. After much hesitation, he drove a nail into each of the four corners of the coffin lid.

The aftermath of parents is a major event for children to fulfill their filial piety, and there are ancient cases of selling themselves to bury their fathers, which shows its importance. In Bai Qifeng's mind, it is also unfilial that he can't bury Old Man Bai in a grand manner, and now he can't afford to buy a good coffin, so he only uses a thin coffin made up of a few thin wooden boards to bury him, and then he doesn't seal the coffin and nail it, it is really ashamed to be a son of man.

Fortunately, Bai Qifeng still remembered Old Man Bai's instructions when he was dying, and he didn't ask someone to do things, but just dug the grave and buried Old Man Bai according to Old Man Bai's requirements before his death.

Ninety-nine eighty-one days later, a loud bang suddenly came from the top of the mountain, and a green dragon rose into the sky, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night. The green dragon rushed towards the starry sky with its teeth and claws, but unexpectedly rushed halfway, suddenly howled miserably, his eyes widened, and he shot out two frightened and unwilling eyes, his body trembled, and he fell straight down, turning into a burst of green smoke and scattering.

Although Bai Qifeng was stupid, he also vaguely sensed that there must be a demon when something went wrong, so he was busy going up the mountain to check, and he was suddenly shocked when he saw it. Old Man Bai's grave had exploded, and Old Man Bai's body and jade slip had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the clothes he wore when he was dying still in the coffin board.

Bai Qifeng was puzzled, but he vaguely realized that he had not scrubbed Old Man Bai's body according to Old Man Bai's request, and added four nails to the coffin lid, which seemed to be inappropriate. But it has come to this, and it is useless to think too much. Although he fears ghosts and gods, after all, he has never heard of anyone who has actually seen them, so he is only half-skeptical about some gods and ghosts.

Bai Qifeng returned home, and a month later, his wife was indeed pregnant. The following year, his wife died in childbirth, leaving behind a son named Bai Xueyan. It is strange to say, since Bai Xueyan was born, every time Bai Qifeng goes up the mountain, he will return with a full load, and many priceless medicines in the market can also be often collected, and he has become famous for a while, and there are countless people who seek medicine from near and far. Bai Qifeng collected medicine alone, which naturally could not meet the needs of too many people, so he hired people to develop Yamada and planted a medicinal forest.

It stands to reason that the water and soil in the mountains of Jining are not good, and the medicinal materials that can be produced are limited. But no matter the wind or rain, drought and flooding, the Bai family's medicine field can produce a large number of medicinal materials for sale every year, and in just three years, the Bai family has become the richest man within a radius of 100 miles, and Bai Qifeng has also changed from a medicine picker to a white master.