Shen Mu clasped his hands together and said, "Poor Dao thanks the lord of the old castle for his kindness. ”

Shi Shuai was slightly stunned, knowing that he was actually ridiculing himself for not respecting the gods yesterday.

"The Taoist chief said, there are many mundane things in the fort recently, and he is busy at a certain time, if there is any neglect, please also ask the Taoist Haihan. He turned his head and shouted at Shi Teng: "Haven't you used the meal yet? ”

Shi Teng panicked: "Uncle, how dare I snub the Taoist." The general is here to send it early. ”

Shen Mu accepted it when he saw it, and said: "The lord of the castle is too careful, and the poor road has no other intentions. The poor road is a person who has turned into an outsider, and his joy, anger and sorrow have long been left behind, if he is not seen at the head of the jade mountain, how can he open the eyes of heaven to know the world. ”

Shi Shuai said: "What the Taoist chief said is! As he spoke, he sat down on the chair of the Grand Master in the main hall of the guest room and invited Shen Mu to sit on the upper seat.

After the people sat down, Shi Shuai said again: "The Taoist is really a god and a man, yesterday's words, I thought that people went to verify, and sure enough, everything was as the Taoist said." Merely...... It's just that my subordinate was not doing well, and he chased people with torches in the middle of the night, and his whereabouts were exposed early, and he was looked at by the gang and fled to him. ”

Shen Mu knew in his heart, "um", and didn't say anything.

Shi Shuai thought he was angry, and hurriedly said: "Don't be surprised, we met for the first time yesterday, and it is normal for Shi to be defensive, and I hope the Taoist will understand." ”

Shen Mu said: "When I was poor, I was thinking, the lord of the castle is the life of fire, if the other party can peach death, he must have borrowed the fire to escape." ”

Shi Shuai was shocked in his heart and said, "What the Taoist chief said is right, they were able to escape by setting fire to the forest. ”

Shen Mu said: "The fire borrows the wind, I'm afraid they are no longer in the mountains and forests." If the lord of the castle had trusted the poor road yesterday, he would have sent more people or asked for help. Why bother to be sad at this time? ”

Shi Shuai slapped his thigh and said with annoyance: "I regret that I shouldn't have broken off my mind for not believing in the Tao at the beginning...... Alas......"

Shen Mu deliberately provoked him to remorse, so that he would obey his words: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to be angry. The castle owner might as well think about what to do next. ”

Shi Shuai said: "The Taoist chief doesn't know, Shi Mou's opponent has some ways to come, and there are several waves of brothers planted in their hands in front of him. I heard that it was the person named Shen Mu who was planning everything, this person was resourceful, and Shi was afraid that he was not his opponent, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so as not to be calculated. ”

Shen Mu was happy in his heart, aren't you just in my calculations now. Of course, this is unspeakable.

Shen Mu muttered: "Shen Mu ......" He pinched his fingers and suddenly said, "No wonder...... The lord of the castle, the name of this Shen Mu was born with water, and the lord of the castle was born with restraint. Water overcomes fire, this is caused by the fate of heaven and earth, and it is understandable that the lord of the castle is against him, and he falls behind. ”

Shi Shuai said: "In this way, I can't fight with it?"

Shen Mu said: "Non-yes, non-yes." This is only a superficial number of lives, but if the Lord of the Castle borrowed the Heavenly Fire, then the situation would be different. The heavenly fire jumped out of the five elements, and the water of the mortal world could not be extinguished. ”

Shi Shuai thought thoughtfully: "Dao Chief, how should I borrow this heavenly fire?"

Shen Mu said with a smile: "It's Tianhuo, of course you have to ask the sky to borrow it." borrowed the destiny of heaven, let him be a cow ghost and snake god, and all of them were incapable. ”

Shi Shuai listened to it mysteriously, this fire is fire, how can there be a heavenly fire. But seeing that what the chief said was true, and there were no waves on his face, he couldn't help but believe it.

Shen Mu is also a key account manager, a professional fool talent. Don't say such trivial things, even if the other party is an emperor Laozi, he can still talk about it.

Shi Shuai said: "The Taoist said so, but you know how to borrow the heavenly fire?"

Shen Mu said: "Poor Dao naturally understands. But ......"

Shi Shuai said: "But what?"

Shen Mu said: "Since you want to ask the heavens to borrow the situation, the first thing to do is to sacrifice to the heavens." The poor road needed two pigs' heads, nineteen black chickens, twenty-nine fish, twenty-nine sheep, and one hundred and eight incense candles. The pig's head must be a pig born in the hot summer, and it must be cut into ninety-nine catties, no more and no less. The chicken is a rooster, the fish is a male fish, and the sheep need to find a newborn ram for a year, and there can be no offspring, and as for the incense candles, the bigger the better......"

Shen Mubian said that Shi Teng counted because he knew that as long as it involved kitchen waste, he would definitely purchase it. After Shen Mu finished speaking, Shi Teng gasped. These things are not worth much silver, but if you want to find them all according to this description, you can find them all in a moment.

Shi Shuai listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "Okay, these things are easy to do, as long as the Taoist can follow Shi Mou's wish, after the matter is completed, Shi Mou will definitely give a hundred gold thanks." ”

What kind of chickens, fish, pigs and sheep, it's useless to really buy them. Shen Mu was talking nonsense, deliberately used to confuse Shi Shuai. He knew that the more mysterious he said, the more Shi Shuai would trust him. Wouldn't it be too unethical to tell him that you should go and get a fish and get the pig's blood?

Shen Mu said: "Those are the animals used to worship the heavens, and the poor road also needs two carts of charcoal and two carts of dry firewood, and in addition, you need to find an open space, pile the dry firewood into a prayer altar, and fill it with charcoal." At that time, the poor road will use this fire as a guide to bless Shijiabao with the prosperity of Shijiabao for ten thousand years. ”

Ten thousand years of prosperity? is to be able to prosper for a hundred years, and Shi Shuai also thinks it is worth it. The family business of three generations of ancestors must not be put in your own hands. The reason why Shi Shuai took refuge in Qixingzhai was also to ensure the safety of his Shijiabao I.

Next, Shi Shuai led Shi Teng out of the room, and worked hard for a day, and in the evening, he finally gathered the things that Shen Mu needed from the neighboring towns and villages.

That night, Shi Shuai held a banquet to entertain Shen Mu. I heard Shi Teng say that Shen Mu didn't eat wine and meat, so he specially asked the cook to prepare a table full of vegetarian food.

Shi Shuai asked Shen Mu to take a seat, and asked Shi Teng to sit next to him. After a polite gesture, Shi Shuai went straight to the topic: "I have already made people prepare the things that the Taoist wants to do, and the Taoist thinks it is more convenient to worship the heavens." ”

Shen Mu said: "This asks the sky to make fire, and it needs the sun and the sun." The lord of the castle is not allowed to worry, and the poor road has calculated it himself. Two days later, at three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the time when the sun fire is at its worst, and it is most appropriate to choose to worship the sky on that day. ”

Shi Shuai only had to wait for two days when he heard this, and his heart was quietly settled. In order to deal with a Shen Mu, I was heartbroken, and when I borrowed the power of heaven and took down Shen Mu, I would teach him to survive and not to die, so as to solve the resentment in my heart.

As for the others, they were all buried alive in memory of my dead brother Yu Shangyi.

Thinking of Yu Shangyi, Shi Shuai suddenly felt a little sad. Although they are not friends of life and death, they are also friends for many years. was shot to death by an arrow, and even the old nest was taken to death, what a tragic word.

Shi Shuai thought about it, thinking that this person had some originality. He replaced the wine with tea and said: "Dao Chang, if you don't drink alcohol, Shi Mou will replace wine with tea and toast Dao Chang with a cup." ”

Shen Mu picked up his wine glass and thanked him.

After a cup of tea, Shi Shuai said again: "I don't know where the long plan is going to build a temple and preach in the future?"

Shen Mu said: "Poor Dao was originally a disciple of Luan Cangshan, but for some reason, he cut off the road of cultivating immortals and became a free man in the world. The road after this, where to go, the Tao said, "follow the fate and follow the heart", everything should not be forced, not deliberately forced. Just as the fate of the two donors is poor, this is the result of the creation of heaven. ”

Shi Teng listened and nodded again and again. Before coming, Shi Shuai had already explained, and he wanted to stay for a few more days. When he can really catch Shen Mu and his entourage, he will worship the Taoist chief as a military advisor and guide Shijiabao to soar. Hearing this, Shi Teng hurriedly said: "What the Taoist chief said is very true, since the Taoist chief is destined for a small one, he might as well stay in the castle for a few more days." The weather will be cold in a few days, and it's not too late to make plans when winter turns to spring. ”

Shen Mu said: "Just follow the fate." ”

Shi Shuai only heard Shen Mu say that his master was Luan Cangshan. The name of Luan Cangshan, Shi Shuai once heard someone mention it, and knew that it was one of the most famous mountains in Yunzhao Country, and the people living on the mountain were all immortals, and I heard that everyone could ride the clouds and drive the fog, exorcise demons and eliminate demons. A year ago, I once saw a Taoist surnamed Li in Qixing Village performing immortal methods, getting a piece of paper, but he could turn into a tiger. When I landed, I admired the long in front of me a little more!

Shi Shuai suddenly remembered that he still didn't know the name of the Taoist, and hurriedly asked: "Look at our happiness, we forgot to ask your Taoist name, it's really disrespectful." ”

Shen Mu waved his hand and said: "The Dao number is just a false name, the donor can call the poor Dao Dao chief, or he can call the poor Dao to pick the stars." ”

Shen Mu was facing the door at this time, and the stars outside the door were shining, so he casually thought of such a way.

Shi Shuai praised: "The Taoist is really a casual person. ”

Shi Teng said: "It turns out that the Dao Changdao "picking stars" does not mean that you can pick off the stars in the sky. ”

When Shen Mu heard this, he suddenly felt funny. After thinking about it, the ancients thought that the stars in the sky were the same as the lights on the earth, and they could be patched and picked, but they didn't know that the sun, moon and stars were much larger than the land area.

Shen Mu said: "The stars in the sky are all incarnated by the souls of the world, and each star represents a person. The so-called picking of stars in the poor road is not the stars in the sky, but the removal of the sorrows of the world and the meaning of purifying everyone. ”

Shi Teng sighed and nodded as if he didn't understand. Said: "The Taoist chief will help me see, I am the star." ”

Shen Mu said: "The donor really wants to know?"

Shi Teng said: "Of course. ”

Shen Mu stood up, left the dining table, and said, "Please come to the courtyard with me." ”

Shi Teng hurriedly followed Shen Mu to the courtyard, and although Shi Shuai also wanted to know which star he was, he didn't open his mouth to ask for a while because of the castle master's face. Just follow behind and watch the excitement.

Shen Mu stood with his hands in his hands and looked up at the stars in the sky. He had been in this world for some time, but he had never looked at the stars so closely. Suddenly, I realized that the starry sky here is not the same as that of the earth, although there is a bright moon at night, and the sun rises during the day. But I can't see the vast and ethereal Milky Way, and if you look closely at the waning moon, it is also larger than the moon on the earth, faintly glowing with a faint blue light.

It seems that this is not the earth where I lived after all.

Shi Teng saw that Shen Mu was silent for a long time, thinking that he was having trouble finding a star for himself, and said in a panic: "Dao Chief, can't you find it?"

(It's late today, I wish you all a happy Chinese Valentine's Day.) ）