The young Taoist had already thought of a lot of words to deal with the question of "who is it" of the straw sandals boy, but unexpectedly, the courtyard door opened quickly, and it was obvious that the alley boy had skipped that link directly.

Mud Bottle Lane is one of the narrowest and cramped alleys in the town, and it is impossible for the Taoist's two-wheeled wooden cart to be placed outside to block the road, but fortunately, Chen Ping'an looks skinny, not a few catties of strength, in fact, his strength is not small, and it is not very difficult to help the young Taoist get the rather heavy cart into the yard together. From beginning to end, the young man didn't say anything, which made the young Taoist after closing the door a little embarrassed, this is like a person who is cheeky to go to the door to borrow money, the host is hospitable with good tea, good wine and good meat, and the guests will be more and more difficult to talk about if they have a little conscience.

The young Taoist thought that it was embarrassing to be horizontal and vertical, so it was better to have a good time, so he lifted a cotton mattress covered on the cart, revealing a black-clothed girl who was curled up on her side, with a crooked but not falling hat, still stubbornly covering the owner's face, for some reason, when the thin futon was lifted, there was suddenly a bloody breath rushing to the face, Chen Ping'an only found that she was dressed in black, and there was vague blood seeping out. Chen Ping'an didn't expect a small futon to completely cover up this strong smell, the young man just took a few steps back and asked, "Dao Chief, what are you going to do?"

The young Taoist said, "Save people!" She was seriously injured, and no one in the town was willing to save her, so it was no wonder that they were each sweeping the snow in front of the door, so the poor Taoist thought about it, and thought that you might be an exception. ”

Chen Ping'an hit the nail on the head and asked, "How did she get hurt?"

The Taoist said with a blushing face and a heartbeat: "When the poor Taoist pushed the cart past the archway building, he saw this young woman from a foreign country, and he actually said that he was going to rub the plaque of 'Qi Chong Bullfighting', and climbed up with rubbing bags, brushes and other things. As for the rubbing, how to say it, it is such a copying trick, generally the reader is full of food and support, for a while and a half will be poor Dao can not understand, anyway, after the little girl climbed up, bowed her head and bent down to sit on the beam, saw the poor Dao frightened, had to stop, from time to time to remind her to be careful, where to think that she was still too engrossed in the end, cold, snapped, and fell firmly on the ground, you know, the ground over there is not as good as your mud bottle lane, hard as the bluestone slab of Fulu Street, this is good, it is estimated that the internal organs and intestines are injured, the poor road is a monk, must be merciful, can not care about whether it is right or notThis way, every family dislikes her blood, not long after the New Year, too unlucky, where is willing to carry her into the house, Poor Dao also knows that this is human nature, so this is really no way, just find you here, to say something ugly, if even you don't want to take her in, Poor Dao is not a god who can pull people from the ghost gate, so I can only wait for the girl to swallow her last breath, and then try to find a place, dig a pit, set up a monument, and take it seriously.

The Taoist deliberately spoke very fast, and the words were not clear, obviously thinking that the young man would be confused in circles, and he would pass the test first. Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you start at the beginning, you can take one step at a time, and there is always a time when the willows and flowers are bright.

Chen Ping'an's eyes were complicated, he glanced at the young Taoist with a face full of hope, and then glanced at the lifeless girl in black, and after a battle between heaven and man, he nodded and said, "How to save it?"

The young Taoist suddenly became bright, "Well, with your Chen Ping'an's words, even if it is half-baked, don't look at her and look at the terrible injury, it feels like Lord Yama has ticked his name in the book of life and death, but it is not as exaggerated as you think...... Of course, what Fang Cai Poor Dao said is also true, which involves all kinds of mysteries, such as this girl's desire to survive is extremely strong, and she also seems to have some family heirlooms, which can protect her vital heart and Dan room, etc., and our town is a very interesting place, there are a lot of strange things, eat, or catch, it is very beneficial. ”

The young Taoist came back to his senses and realized that he had leaked a lot of heavenly secrets, and said with a dry smile: "You can't understand it anyway, right?"

The young man said seriously: "I don't understand, but I remember most of it." ”

The young Taoist asked tentatively, "So as soon as you heard the knock on the door in the house, you knew that it was the fortune teller who set up the stall?"

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

The young Taoist asked curiously, "You have a good memory, how good is it?"

The young man glanced at the dying girl in black, and the young Taoist explained with a smile: "She is now in a relatively mysterious state, and she can't move her body at will, so it's best to wait for a while." ”

Chen Ping'an was skeptical, "It's easier for me to remember things when I see things than when I listen to others." ”

The young Taoist asked, "An analogy?"

Chen Ping'an thought for a while, "For example, the kiln head of our dragon kiln, Master Yao, his 'jump-knife' technique is the most powerful among all the masters in the town, I can actually remember all the details after reading it once, but ......"

The young Taoist smiled and took over the topic, "But your hands and feet can't keep up, right?"

Chen Ping'an's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

The young Taoist smiled knowingly, "Then have you ever thought about what is really powerful about Old Man Yao's unique skill?"

Chen Ping'an's face was gloomy, "I couldn't figure it out before, but then Liu Xianyang told me that Old Man Yao said that if you want to do your best, you must have a stable heart, not just a steady hand." When I heard these words, I understood a little. I was too anxious before, the more anxious I was, the more messy my hands were, and the more messy I was, the easier it was to make mistakes. ”

The young Taoist said indifferently: "There is an old saying that the master leads you into the door to practice in an individual, but when someone else is a master, they don't even think about leading you into the door, so how can you practice?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "I'm stupid, not to mention compared with Liu Xianyang, even if I am an ordinary apprentice, I can't compare." Old man Yao doesn't look down on me, it's not strange. ”

The young Taoist priest suddenly smiled and said, "Chen Ping'an, do you know how difficult it is to understand the word 'heart stability'? ”

Chen Ping'an still shook his head and said: "It's like catching a fish in a stream, I stand in a place where the water is not knee-deep, bend down and catch a fish, it's a catch." Some people have good water quality, and when they go to a big deep pit, they plunge into a fierce pit and catch a fish for a long time, and that is also a catch, and they also catch a fish, Dao Chang, but these two are not the same, right?"

The young Taoist laughed, noncommittal, and suddenly said, "We can save people." ”

Chen Ping'an was stunned in place, and the young Taoist was also stunned, "What are you in a daze, carry that girl to the bed in the house!"

Chen Ping'an didn't move, "And then?"

The Taoist said righteously: "Of course, I will first help the girl change into clean clothes, and then go to the pharmacy to grab a few medicinal materials that replenish qi and nourish the yuan. ”

Chen Ping'an asked with a dark face: "After the girl wakes up, will I be beaten to death by her?"

The young Taoist said categorically: "No, you are her savior, how can there be such an ungrateful person in the world?!"

Chen Ping'an was silent.

The Taoist coughed, and his momentum plummeted, "Probably not, right?"

Chen Ping'an sighed and asked tentatively, "There is a girl named Zhigui in the next door, let her do these things?"

The young Taoist said helplessly: "No, the crux of the problem is here." ”

Chen Ping'an didn't insist, squatting on the ground, scratching his head with both hands.

The young Taoist suddenly asked, "Is there anything you want to ask?" If you ask, the poor Dao may not be able to solve all the doubts, but try to pick some that can be answered, how about it?"

Chen Ping'an sighed, got up and said, "Save people first." ”

The young Taoist smiled, "Good!"

He quietly flicked his sleeves and pressed a flying sword that was about to move into its sheath.

Chen Ping'an picked up the girl and walked into the house, and gently put her on the wooden bed with futon, the wooden bed that had collapsed by Liu Xianyang's butt had just been repaired not long ago, and a bench was placed under the bed.

The young Taoist stepped into the threshold behind him, looking around, the house was surrounded by walls, but that's all.

The young Taoist patted his head, went out to get a pen and paper, and prepared to prescribe a prescription for the young man to grab the medicine.

After returning to the house, the young Taoist shook his head, and deliberately did not look at the wooden bed, thinking that this poor young man would not be able to eat and walked away.

It turned out that the young man sitting on the edge of the bed had taken off the hat of the girl in black and exposed it, revealing a pale face covered with blood.

The so-called bleeding of the seven orifices probably means the picture under the young man's nose.

The young man hurriedly got up, first took a stool from the table and put it next to the bed, and then ran quickly to a corner of the wall, where a small wooden frame was set up, and pots and pans were neatly placed, next to the wooden frame, there was a small water tank covered with wooden boards to shield mosquitoes and flies, and the water tank was filled with well water from the iron lock well in Xinghua Lane, the young man took a wooden basin and a gourd scoop, squatted next to the water tank, scooped out the water from the clay jar and quickly poured it into the wooden basin, and then put a piece of clean cotton cloth on the edge of the basin, brought it to the side of the bed and put it on the stool, and began to help the girl who took off the hat to wipe the blood.

The young Taoist priest turned his head and raised a piece of paper in his hand, "There is a small pharmacy on Fulu Street, you take this prescription to grab medicine." ”

The young man was puzzled, "Didn't the Dao Leader say it before?"

The young Taoist looked ignorant, blinked and said: "Yes, the poor Taoist is to tell you to be careful when you grab the medicine, and don't be too high-profile, so as not to make the city full of wind and rain and ruin the girl's reputation." ”

Chen Ping'an sighed, and asked while cleaning the cotton cloth, "Does the Taoist have any money to catch medicine?"

The young Taoist suddenly became nervous, "You didn't?"

Chen Ping'an put the wooden basin on the table, took out a golden copper coin out of nowhere, and gently pressed it on the table, "Dao Chief, I will exchange it for an ordinary copper coin with you, as for how to change it, Dao Chief, you have the final say." ”

The young Taoist pondered for a moment, "This copper coin on the table is enough to buy the things on the prescription." Poor Dao is going to fetch money for you. ”

Soon, the Taoist took back a bag of ordinary copper coins, as well as a few broken silver, and handed them to Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an advised: "This basin of water, I'll pour it when I turn around, the Taoist doesn't need to help, Song Jixin, who lives next door, likes new things more, let him see it, it's not good." ”

The young Taoist said solemnly: "Chen Ping'an, don't you have a question you want to ask?"

Chen Ping'an stood in place, roughly weighed the copper coins and broken silver, and after knowing it in his heart, he carefully put it away, and his eyes signaled to go out to speak, after the two walked out of the threshold, the straw sandals boy raised his head and said slowly: "I know that you are not ordinary people, Old Man Yao said very early when he was drunk, our town is unusual, everywhere is strange, everyone is strange, but what is strange, Old Man Yao can't say anything, of course I don't understand." This time, Gu Cang said that the storyteller, an ordinary big white bowl, can pour out a large vat of water, although Gu Cang is very annoying, but in this matter, I know that he is not lying. It's like ......"

The boy paused for a moment and continued: "Just like today, there is a very tall woman, in this alley outside the door, she flicked my forehead with her finger once, and slapped my heart with her palm, and finally she said that I was going to die soon, and I knew that what she said was true. ”

The young Taoist leader's face was heavy.

Chen Ping'an finally said: "The Taoist said that the rune paper you wrote, after it is burned, can bring good luck to my father and mother, I actually believe in the Taoist chief." So the Taoist came to the door and said let me save people, I didn't say anything just now, but I hope that the Taoist will promise me one thing, if I agree, no matter what the Taoist wants me to do, there is no problem, if the Taoist doesn't agree, this time I will catch the prescription, and then help the Taoist finish the medicine, I will drive people out. ”

The Taoist asked, "What are the conditions, you can tell me." ”

The young man, who has always given the impression of being very stable and sophisticated, was a little apprehensive and replied: "My father and mother died early, I was very young at the time, I don't know why, I remember many things when I was a child, that is, the appearance of my father and mother, always vague and untrue." Later, I ate a hundred family meals for a while, and I survived by relying on my neighbors, and once I had no opinion to hear people talk about it, saying that I was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, listening to their tone, it should not be an auspicious day, and there was a person next door who said more directly and frankly......"

The young man kept going around the corner, stopped, and finally went straight to the point, lowered his head, and said in a dull tone, "After helping the Taoist to save people, if, I mean if, if I suddenly die one day, can the Taoist help me reincarnate in the next life, and also reincarnate as my father's child?"

The young Taoist was silent.

Chen Ping'an grinned and scratched his head, "If it doesn't work, forget it." Indeed, how can there be such a thing in the world, I am sorry for it. ”

The Taoist smiled bitterly and said, "What should that girl do?"

Chen Ping'an turned around suddenly, turned his back to the Taoist, raised his fist and waved, and joked for the first time: "She looks so handsome, it's a fool not to save her!"

The young Taoist looked at the straw sandals boy who pretended to be relaxed and pushed the door away.

The boy walking in Mud Bottle Alley seemed to think of someone, and suddenly burst into tears.