Chapter Eighty-Seven: Preparing to Leave
"It's dawn."
Zhang Tude didn't know what happened to the author who recorded the Tengu eating day, he only knew that after dawn he should also leave and start the journey to Zhengde Temple again.
"Let's hope everything goes well on the road."
Zhang Tude looked out the window and muttered to himself, he didn't wake up the pill, but opened the door alone and walked out, and as soon as he went out, he saw a person practicing boxing in the yard.
He looked at it and found that the person was wearing a gray monk's robe, it was the Pure Heart Master he had seen before, although the Pure Heart Master was old, his pace was steady, and his punches were strong and powerful.
"I don't know who is more powerful in the fight between Master Qingxin and Mr. Li Li?"
This thought suddenly popped into Zhang Tude's mind, but then he shook his head, feeling that this was a bit disrespectful to the old man, and then he stood there quietly, watching Master Qingxin practice boxing.
Although Zhang Tude didn't want to step forward to disturb Master Qingxin, Master Qingxin noticed him, and after finishing a set of punches, Master Qingxin took a stance, took a breath and walked towards Zhang Tude.
Seeing Master Qingxin coming, Zhang Tude also hurriedly stepped forward, arched his hand at Master Qingxin and said:
"Master of Pure Heart."
Seeing this, Master Qingxin folded his hands and saluted:
"Amitabha, is Master Zhang's injury better?"
"After drinking some medicine and taking a bath, I feel much better, I wonder how your leg is doing, master?"
Zhang Tude glanced at Master Qingxin's legs, and the part of his thighs that had become swollen like a human head had now returned to its original state.
"It's still a little painful, but it's fine."
"That's good, is the master also going to the Zhengde Temple?"
"Well, the old man is going there to burn incense on behalf of his friends."
Burn incense? This made Zhang Tude a little surprised, Master Qingxin traveled all the way from Zhao Guo to Zhengde Temple just to burn a pillar of incense for his friends? Isn't there a temple in the country of Zhao?
However, when I thought of Li Peng's previous statement that Master Qingxin had hid in the mountains with his master, perhaps the monk of Zhao State was not in a good situation, so Zhang Tude did not continue to ask, but talked about his own situation:
"Master, you know the situation on my body, right? Sometimes you are possessed by something or something inhuman, are you sure you want to go with me? ”
"This doesn't matter, although Master Zhang, although you have magical powers, but now you have injuries on your body, you may encounter some trouble when you are alone on this long journey, you and I can take care of each other.
If Zhang Shizhu is possessed by evil things, the old man can also pull you, so that you don't hurt yourself and others. ”
"Hmm." Zhang Tude thought for a moment and felt that Master Qingxin was reasonable, so he took out the gourd on his body, poured out two strong pills and two small blood pills from it, and then said to Master Qingxin:
"Master, I have a few pills here, the red one can increase people's strength, and the black one can stop bleeding and heal wounds, you take it, if you encounter any trouble on the road or I am possessed by evil things, you can take these two pills when you can't deal with it."
Master Qingxin did not refuse, took the pills, after the master put the pills away, Zhang Tude glanced at his room, and whispered to the master about another pill - his dog:
"Master, when you were with the pill, the dog next to me, did you feel anything abnormal about it? Because it had been scratched by an evil spirit, I was afraid that this wound would affect it? ”
"Speaking of which, Lao Gao also wants to thank Zhang Shi for the elixir, it saved Lao Gan's life, Amitabha." Qingxin saluted Zhang Tude again, and then continued:
"Master Zhang don't worry, Master Liu Yun of the Heavenly Supervisor has said about the situation of the pill, although it is indeed affected by the evil spirit, but after a few days of healing, this influence has become a good thing, making the pill smarter than other dogs, and more humane."
"Then I'll be relieved."
Zhang Tude was relieved to hear Lord Liu say the same, of course, he usually pays attention to some pills.
At this time, the Li family also got up, and after saying hello to them a few times, Zhang Tude went to wash up briefly, and then returned to the room, took his things, woke up the pills, and went to say goodbye to the Li family.
At the kind invitation of the Li family, Zhang Tude and Dan Yao had breakfast before coming to the carriage prepared by the Li family for him and Master Qingxin.
Master Qingxin seemed to want to say something to Li Li, so Zhang Tude chatted with Li Peng, who came to see him off, while waiting for him in front of the carriage:
"Brother Li, thank you for taking care of me these days."
"It's me who wants to thank you, Lord Zhang, for being injured so much to save me."
Zhang Tude shook his head and said:
"It's possible that you're just being implicated by me."
The fear of demons made Zhang Tude think that Chen Jiu was attracted by himself, even if he didn't, it didn't matter, anyway, he had also gained some benefits from this matter, and he wouldn't blame Li Peng.
Although he suffered a lot of injuries this time, and he was also taken away by Lord Liu, it was worth it to be treated by Lord Liu, because Lord Liu's treatment not only treated his physical injuries, but also temporarily weakened the impact of the Headless Immortal Curse on himself.
With his previous physical state, even if he hadn't met Chen Jiu, he would definitely not be able to support Zhengde Temple, and now even if the headless immortal curse would continue to deteriorate, he would be able to support it for at least a few more days, not to mention that he had also obtained a lot of key information from the Li family, such as Zheng Li's matter.
At this time, Zhang Tude suddenly remembered a question that came to mind when he was reading last night, so he asked Li Peng:
"By the way, Brother Li, have you ever encountered a tengu eclipse day before? But the sky became completely dark, and even the sun was dark. ”
"Are you talking about the tengu eating the sun?" Li Peng recalled it for a moment, and only after a moment did he say: "Yes, I encountered it more than a month ago.
At that time, the old people in the prefecture said that everyone should come and beat the gongs and drums so that the tengu could be driven away, so I beat the gongs at home with my family.
There were all kinds of strange screams outside, and when I heard it, it was not made by people, and our family did not dare to go out, and it was about an hour before it lit up. ”
I didn't expect this dog eclipse day to happen so closely, it seems that the natural disaster record is an old book, the most recent tengu eclipse day should be the one more than a month ago, but it doesn't sound as terrifying as described in the book, is the Li family more lucky?
After listening to Li Peng's experience about the Tengu Eclipse Day, Zhang Tude said secretly in his heart, and then went on to ask:
"Were there any dead people in the county at that time?"
"Not in the county, but I seem to have heard that several families in a village outside the county had an accident, some of their family members committed suicide, some were scared to death, and even the rainy Tianwang temple in the village collapsed.
Master Zhang, I've only heard this from others, and I don't know if it's true or not. ”
There was no accident in the county, but there was an accident in a small village. In order to learn more about the Tengu Eclipse Day, Zhang Tude thought about it and said:
"As for the Tengu Eclipse Day, has anyone told you what to do in the case of the Tengu Eclipse Day?"
"Only those old people have said that after the tengu swallowed the sun, they should hurry home, beat gongs and drums at home, and drive the tengu away, and that's all."
Why did the Heavenly Supervisor not tell the ordinary people anything about the natural disaster that covered the entire world, such as the Tengu Eclipse Day?