After a few minutes, the old man walked in with breakfast and a smile. The breakfast was not very rich, but we ate it very well as it was the only meal we had in a few days. Halfway through eating, he suddenly heard the creaking sound of the closed gate, and the old man thought it was the wind blowing, so he didn't care, but looking at the fruit trees in the yard, it was not the wind. The old man put down his chopsticks and walked out quickly. Through the crack in the door, I saw a woman pacing back and forth outside the door, but she didn't dare to knock. The old man opened the courtyard door and asked, "Big sister, what's the matter?" After the old man finished speaking, the woman turned around with a red face and embarrassment. As soon as the old man saw the woman's face, his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he said: What are you doing here? The woman said, "I, I saw you come back yesterday, so I came to see you." I looked curious, and said in my heart: Such a bright girl came to the door, and this old man also put up a score. Xuan Qing pouted beside him and said: I see, eighty percent of that woman once had a relationship with your master, looking at his bitter melon-like face, you can know that she must be stealing a man behind her back, and now there is something to ask you Lao Zhenren. I nodded in agreement. The woman bit her lip tightly, her eyes were full of tears, and she whispered to the old man: After you left, my father had a serious illness, and he was about to die, but he had no money for treatment. Later, Zhao Debiao came to our house and said that as long as I married him, I would use the money to see a doctor for my father, but I had no choice but to ...... Before she could finish speaking, the old man turned his back and yelled at her: Okay, let's say, what's the matter with coming to me? The woman was frightened by the sudden roar of the old man, and then said calmly: I didn't come today to ask for your forgiveness, if you still remember your old affection, please save my brother. After saying that, he took out a pair of scissors and stabbed himself in the chest. ”

"Did he really get it right?!" I was stunned when I heard it.

At that time, when I saw this scene, I shouted anxiously: Be careful! Xuan Qing was also shocked to stand up. When the old man saw our actions, he looked back and saw that the woman's chest was already red. If he couldn't stand steadily, he was about to fall, and the old man was also shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly hugged the woman and said painfully: Why are you so tiger! The scissors also dare to cover themselves. said that he hurriedly carried the woman into the house, and Xuan Qing and I were stunned by this sudden scene. I really don't know what kind of holiday this woman has with the old man, and she can be so decisive. The two of us watched the old man walk into the house with the old man and the woman in his arms, and Xuan Qing and I also stepped forward to check quickly. The old man put the woman on the kang, we hurriedly found some medicine cloth to plug the wound, wanted to stop the blood gushing, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing, the woman's face was pale, her whole body was constantly twitching, and she touched the old man's cheeks, as if she had something to say, but it seemed that she had no strength. The old man grabbed the woman's blood-covered hand and said, "Juan'er, why are you so stupid?" Then he turned to look at the two of us and shouted: Think of a way to stop the bleeding! Although I have seen many dead people, I never thought that a life that was still alive just now flowed away from my body little by little with the gushing red liquid. Xuan Qing had already recovered from the shock, and searched hard in the brain full of knowledge, and then said: I have a way. The old man saw that Xuan Qing had a way to take a step back, but Xuan Qing ran towards the hall, as if he was looking for something. Soon Xuanqing ran over with a handful of dust and shouted: Take off her clothes quickly. At this time, the old man couldn't care so much, and tore the clothes on the woman's chest into a big hole, and Xuan Qing hurriedly sprinkled the handful of 'soil' in his hand evenly on the wound. Just look at the blood from the wound miraculously stopped, and the woman named Juan'er also fainted. The old man saw that the bleeding stopped, and couldn't help but ask Xuan Qing curiously: What the hell is this? How did a handful of ashes stop the bleeding? ”

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the 'Nether Fire' I just talked about, right?"

The fourth uncle looked at me with wide eyes and said, "How do you know? ”

"Intuition."

A trace of suspicion flashed in the fourth uncle's eyes, but he didn't say anything more, and continued to recall: "I really let you say it right, Xuanqing said that this is called Netherfire, it is a secret medicine made by the royal family, and there is no way to use it to treat injuries, although this thing can quickly stop bleeding and heal wounds, but resentment will also enter the body, so let's clean up her wounds quickly." I suddenly remembered that the small handful of dust that Xuan Qing held just now was the powder turned into by the "Peep into the Heavenly Scripture" last night, and there may still be Netherfire left on it, but that little Netherfire has played such a big role, it would be great if it was ten catties or eight catties. I saw the configuration method of the Netherfire on the "Peep into the Heavenly Sutra" last night, but I didn't recognize some words, and some I didn't understand it, so I left it behind, and combined with Xuanqing told me some in the morning, I understood the truth. If there are materials now, I can also concoct this magical Netherfire in time, and as for the resentment that Xuan Qing said, it may be related to using the hair and bones of the dead as raw materials. The old man was relieved to see that the wound was no longer bleeding, but the woman's face became more and more pale. Lao Zhenren carefully cleaned her wounds, but found that the woman's body was full of bruises, Xuanqing sighed while giving Lao Zhenren a hand: Look at this bruise, it is obvious that the man beat it with brute force, and I don't know who is so lacking in morality. The old man clenched his fists when he saw it, and tears rolled in his eyes, but they didn't shed for a long time. I've never seen an old man look like this. Maybe those unforgettable loves and hates can only be experienced by the old people. Xuan Qing saw the old man with a sad look and said to the old man with a deep face: I can't imagine that you, an old immortal who has half cut into the ground, also have such a temperament. Lao Zhenren helped her treat her wounds, and saw that although the woman was still unconscious, it was okay for the time being, just wait for her to wake up and slowly recuperate. Lao Zhenren took out a red pill from his bosom and gave it to her, I had heard Lao Zhenren say that this pill was called 'Huiyang Pill', which could suppress the resentment and yin qi in her body, and make the side effects of Netherfire smaller. The old man gently covered her with the quilt again. Sighed and walked out. ”

The three of us sat around the coffee table in the hall, speechless. At this time, Xuan Qing's words broke this short period of peace, and asked the old man: What does this woman have to say to you, so like this? The old man looked at the two of us with a lonely expression, and said seriously: If you talk about this, you have to start from ten years ago. It turned out that the old man had to look at the pulse at that time, and he had no time to think about the private feelings of his children, but how could the word 'love' be explained by the word 'love'. In the winter of that year, the north wind blew like a knife and made people's faces hurt. Most people have wives and children who have hot kang heads, busy for a year, should play, should be cats winter, in short, few people are willing to stay in this cold day. The old man wore a cotton jacket with shiny sleeves, and staggered on the frozen river, because it was too cold, so he could only put his hands into his sleeves, and carry the fish that had just been beaten out of the ice cave on his shoulders. Because the river freezes in winter, the oxygen content in the water is very low, and the fish swim along the broken river, although the weather is a little colder, but as long as you have patience, there will still be a lot of gains. As he was walking with his head down, he suddenly heard the sound of the ice breaking in front of him, and the old man looked at it, and there was a lot of splash in the water, so he hurriedly ran forward. But before the old man ran closer, he heard a woman's cry for help, and the old man ran over quickly to see, but it was a woman struggling in the ice cave. In this cold and biting river water, he was about to lose his strength, and the old man saw that someone had fallen into the ice hole, so he took off his coat and jumped in, and rescued the woman, but he was blistered by the cold river and cramped, and his upper and lower teeth fought, and the woman couldn't say what he wanted to say. Seeing this, the old man took the coat on the river and draped it over the woman, despite the fact that his clothes were already soaked. The woman glanced at the old man's trembling voice and said, "Thank you, thank you." After hearing this, the old man scratched his head with a smile and said: Thank you, it should be. Why are you so careless. When I walked into this 'warm collapse', there were springs underneath this warm collapse, and the spring water above kept the ice surface from freezing in winter, but there was a thin layer of ice on it. The man walked up and walked up. I don't even know how many times I've lost money! You have to be careful when walking on the river in the winter. The woman nodded. As he spoke, he used his frozen red hands to remove the ice ballast from the old man's hair. The old man smirked and said: Big sister, where is your home? How to walk on this river in winter. I'll send you back, it's a lot of warmth. The woman nodded and said: My family lives in the town, a while ago my father didn't know what strange disease he had, he didn't eat every day, he didn't talk about it, and he talked nonsense, the doctor came several times, and he said that he couldn't see the cause, I really had no choice, I heard the neighbor say that there was a big god in the Wuli River, and I wanted to invite her to come to my father to see. It's not like you just scraped together enough money and fell into an ice hole. As she spoke, the woman sobbed softly. The old man looked at the woman, and didn't know how to comfort her, but then he thought about it, since he had an evil disease, wasn't this a fart in the woods-a stinky bird (coincidentally)! Hurriedly said: Big sister, don't get angry, I can see your father's evil disease! The woman looked at the old man with questioning eyes. Lao Zhenren immediately understood that he was a little abrupt, and said: Don't worry, big sister, your father was just rushed by a little ghost, which is not a big deal. After speaking, he patted his chest. After seeing this, the woman nodded. ”

"It looks like your master wanted to be a hero to save the beauty back then!" I laughed.

"I don't see it, there are only those ancient beauties in the eyes of Jitai Zhenren, even if this Juan'er is a big beauty who is alive and well, can she be as beautiful as Xi Shi Diao Chan?" Jin Lei said sarcastically.

The cold wind is still cold, but the heart of the old man is like a pot of fire, and his clothes are frozen hard, and he doesn't feel cold. From time to time, I glanced at the watery woman, and my heart seemed to be about to pop out of the cavity. The river is covered with snow, blown out by the wind one by one whirlpool, and has walked through the desolate river countless times, but it has never been so beautiful. It's really a dream again, and the snow is falling. Soon arrived at the woman's house, the yard was not big, but the snow in the yard was very deep. Obviously, there is no other man in the family except for his father. It turned out that the woman was originally the daughter of Du Laohan in the town, called Du Juan, and Du Juan also had an older brother, but since Du Juan's mother died, she went to other places and did not return for many years, but only sent money back to the family every year. The cuckoo is in his early 20s this year and is known for his good looks in the town. There are naturally a lot of matchmakers, but because I can't let go of my sick father, I keep dragging it out. Du Laohan saw it in his eyes, and he didn't know how many times he cried behind his back. On a late autumn morning, the bleak autumn wind blew the withered old trees, and the fallen leaves fell like a boat drifting on the river. Sparrows pecked at scattered corn in the distant clearing, and the smoke was blown away by the wind and swept into the air. The cuckoo was making breakfast at home, but he heard a heavy footsteps, and just wanted to go out to check, but saw three or four big men pushing the door in, and the man led by the man saw the cuckoo and smiled and said: Yo, isn't this Juan'er. But let me catch you, where is your old coffin? The man headed by this is called Zhao Debiao, he is a famous second-rate son, ugly in appearance, he has not married a daughter-in-law in his thirties, and he is rampant in the township by relying on his father to be the mayor of the town. But everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak, if you offend the mayor who picks up the skin, don't think about it in the future. Since then, Du Juan's house has not stopped, either the chicks in the chicken coop were bitten to death by the yellow skin, or the firewood pile was on fire. This Du Laohan doesn't know what's wrong, he doesn't go out of the house every day, he sits on the kang and chatters by himself, and beats people when he sees them, but as his body gradually loses weight, the number of tosses is getting less and less. ”

"It's supposed to be evil." After listening to the fourth uncle's words, I concluded that this cuckoo's father was evil.

"I just sleep every day, don't eat or drink, and occasionally wake up and bang my head against the wall. Du Juan just thought that her father was angry and had broken his body, so he went around asking for medical advice. But after seeing it, the neighbors all said that it seemed to have hit an evil spirit, so Du Juan would step on the frozen river surface and go to the neighboring village to ask the great god to exorcise evil spirits for her father. Du Juan entered the house and hurriedly took out a set of her father's clothes for Lao Zhenren to change into, although it was a little small, but it was much better than wearing frozen clothes. Although Du Juan also finished changing her clothes, she still did not recover from the cold just now, her hands were cold and she didn't obey the call, the old man was roasting by the stove, but he saw that the woman was about to warm her hands with hot water, she got up, grabbed the woman's hand and said urgently: You don't want your hands anymore? Du Juan looked at him in surprise and asked, "What's wrong?" The old man said slowly: This hand is frozen, just like a frozen pear, slowly slow with cold water, and wait for a layer of ice on the hand, the cold is forced out, and then slowly warm up by the stove. Du Juan was stunned for a while, and then whispered: Hand. After finishing speaking, the old man realized that he had been holding the girl's hand and didn't let go. So, he hurriedly let go of his hand and said with a smile: Take me to see your father. Du Juan nodded her head, her pretty face turned crimson, and led him to the Westinghouse. I saw a dry old man lying on the kang, with deep-set eyes and a sallow skin hanging on his collapsed cheeks. If you can't see the big open mouth struggling to breathe, it really looks like an old dry corpse. But looking at the freshly formed blood scab on his forehead, I think it was not long ago. The old man frowned, and tested the old man's pulse with his hand, but found that the pulse of the old man in his sleep was higher than that of the young man with full physical strength. Du Juan looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what he wanted to do. The old man pushed the door out, and Du Juan also followed. Walking out of the yard, the old man walked around the house, frowned, and asked the cuckoo: Who built the warehouse in front of him, and when did it build it, but it was impartially covered on the fierce eye. turned this originally bland pattern into a fierce 'funeral house'. Du Juan was shocked when she heard this, although she didn't know what the pattern of this funeral house was, but she knew that the word "funeral" was by no means an auspicious word, and hurriedly replied: It was originally a dry well, but it was occupied by Zhao Debiao a few days ago, saying that it was to build a warehouse and put some things. The old man was furious when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that this Zhao Debiao was so vicious, using such a shady method to trap an old man in his last years. ”

"Wait, Zhao Debiao? Fourth uncle, this time this Zhao Debiao should have something to do with that mysterious person, right? ”

The fourth uncle finally nodded and said, "I won't tell you, Zhao Debiao's father is that mysterious person, but we have never seen his true face." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Jin Lei interjected.

"Zhao Debiao's father is the mayor of the town on the surface, but no one knows that he has another identity, this person is proficient in evil arts, good at designing feng shui patterns, ruthless, he fiddles with the Nine Dragons to open the corpse array is to borrow the corpse to return to the yang, never thought but was destroyed by the old man, Zhao Debiao originally planned to take revenge on us, but somehow, the identity of the old man was seen by him, and it is precisely because of this that he deliberately let us go."

"Let you go? What do you mean? ”

"Actually, whether it is Jitai Zhenren or the Nine Dragons Revelation Array, in essence, they all want to return the dead to Yang, the two are different paths to the same end, although Zhao Debiao and his father are proficient in Feng Shui secret arts, but if his Nine Dragons Revelation Array wants to realize the return of the corpse to the yang, he needs to kill a lot of people in order to fill these souls into the veins he designed, which is too risky, and Jitai Zhenren's method of returning the yang is much more clever, this is where he put us on a horse."

"It turns out that he hit this idea."

"Speaking of which, Lao Zhenren actually fought with him many years ago, but no one knew who the other party was at that time."

"And such a thing?"

"En, I also learned afterwards that Zhao Debiao's father set up the Nine Dragons Corpse Array, in fact, it was an improved method of returning yang, originally, he designed a secret room, this secret room is under the funeral room, originally wanted to use the old Du Tou to try the effect, but I never thought that it was accidentally bumped into by the old man. At that time, the old man experienced nine deaths and a lifetime below, and after escaping, the old Du Tou also got better, and the cuckoo and the old man were still privately determined for life, but unfortunately, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the two were not together in the end. ”