At noon, Mu Fan returned home with a little tiredness.

Thinking back to what happened today, there was nothing special compared to the past, and the only thing that made Mu Fan a little angry was the sentence that the young Taoist elder said, "I am afraid that it will cause trouble to my family"

"I'm alone, what other family members besides my grandfather, and I don't know the details of the investigation in advance" thought to himself, and didn't forget to glance at his grandfather's location.

When Mu Fan came to his senses, he found that there were signs of being turned over in the humble home, as if he was looking for something.

The upside-down bottles and cans, the upturned bedding and the messy furnishings of the house are all clear at a glance. In fact, Mu Fan's family was already poor. There was nothing in the house except for a few crockpots on the neatly cleaned stove.

Grandpa was slumped on the only bamboo recliner in the room, panting, apparently making a big move. And it's obviously a little overwhelmed. The old man, who was already old and blind, was looking for something.

Mu Fan squatted next to the recliner, straightened his grandfather's body and patted him on the back so that he could breathe.

"Grandpa, I'm looking for something."

“…… The old man was still a little out of breath, but he wanted to say something as best he could. In a hurry, he coughed.

"Fanfan, grandpa, I may not be able to survive this time." As he spoke, he hid his face and coughed again. Spread out your hand, and the blood on your palm dripped down your palm. The old man was blind, and he couldn't feel what impact this kind of picture had on Mu Fan.

Mu Fan only felt that the sky had fallen, but he forced himself to calm down to soothe his grandfather's emotions.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid this old phlegm has been bothering you for many years."

The tears in the corners of the eyes were left silently.

Suddenly thinking of the young Taoist priest's words, Mu Fan seemed to grasp a life-saving straw.

Then he wiped the remaining blood from the corner of his mouth for his grandfather. Hold Grandpa's body so that he can lie down comfortably. Then he left a sentence: "Grandpa, I'll go out for a while and come back immediately." ”

He hurriedly slammed the door and left.

When Mu Fan found the stall of the young Taoist priest, he happened to see a strange monk standing opposite a young Taoist priest. But he didn't say a word. It seems to be a wordless argument.

Mu Fan's expression was in a hurry, and he didn't care about anything else before interrupting the debate between the two.

"Dao Chief, please save my grandfather."

Seeing that Mu Fan's expression was a little depressed, the young Taoist priest seemed to know something in his heart, and the strange monk took out the gourd on his waist and took a sip, "But if you are away from delusion, you are like a Buddha."

"It's just fate, why not let it go."

I heard the monk's words as if he was persuading.

The young Taoist priest was unmoved, and said:

"The poor way of cultivating is the way of non-action and tranquility, and you can do whatever you want. Hugh messes with my state of mind. ”

When Mu Fan led the young Taoist priest home, his grandfather still had a little vitality.

The young Taoist priest looked at the furnishings in the room and the old man on the chaise longue. "Although the poor way does things according to fate, he does not want to increase cause and effect in vain. Today, I rescued your grandfather, and you need to give me something but today's fruit. Would you like to? ”

Mu Fan nodded without thinking, "As long as I have something, the immortal master can just take it." ”

"Poor Dao can suppress your grandfather's three souls and seven spirits by exclusive means. At that time, you will need some medicine to strengthen your foundation and raise your grandfather's body. I'll write a side, and you can buy it. The herbs on it are all ordinary things, and they can be bought in all the pharmacies in the town. Only Shi Yingzi's medicine is a little expensive, but the Sun shop in the town has it, you should be able to find it if you go and see. However, remember that the poor road can only be suppressed for three hours, and these medicinal materials must be obtained within three hours, otherwise the poor road is afraid that it will be useless. The young Taoist priest thought for a moment.

Mu Fan's face was difficult, but he still took the prescription. Say hello.

Mu Fan, who got the recipe, took all his savings and ran straight to the Sun family's shop.

"Shopkeeper, I want these herbs." Although Mu Fan was anxious, he did not directly hand the recipe directly to the shopkeeper, but split the recipe and handed it to the shopkeeper respectively. Avoid leaking the young Taoist priest's recipe.

"The total value of these medicinal materials is probably ten taels of gold. Are you sure you want this? The shopkeeper looked at the young man, thinking about the name and weight of the medicinal herbs. Obviously, he didn't believe that the slightly shabby young man in front of him could afford such precious medicinal materials, but he didn't say anything to mock, but kindly reminded him with a price.

Mu Fan was a little embarrassed, in fact, even if Mu Fan saved food every day, he only saved less than five taels of gold.

"I don't know if the shopkeeper can take credit here?" Although he knew that it was impossible, Mu Fan still asked with a glimmer of hope.

"I'm sorry, but we don't have a precedent for this in our store at the moment." The shopkeeper still explained kindly. And politely apologized.

"Okay, then let's ask the shopkeeper to prepare the medicinal materials first, I'll go get the money first, and get it later." Mu Fan said.

"At present, there are still five taels of gold, where to find it in this time and a half." Mu Fan thought hard as he walked. As everyone knows, a certain running hall on the side is staring at himself and making calculations in his heart.

Before Mu Fan could walk far, a neatly dressed man blocked Mu Fan's way.

"Young man, I have a book of great profits here, I don't know if you are interested." The man patted Mu Fan's shoulder and said.

Mu Fan didn't speak when he heard this, but he also stopped. If this kind of thing happened on weekdays, Mu Fan might turn around and leave. Today, Mu Fan is a little helpless. He pretended to look at the man calmly and motioned for him to continue.

"Our shopkeeper is doing an activity to benefit the people, as long as you put a penny into our shop, and then shout for our shop, you can get two pennies. Of course, the more you invest. And you get more. Our shopkeeper is a move to lose money and make money. The man then pointed to a small shop next to him.

It happened that a middle-aged woman shouted twice, and then got two taels of silver.

Mu Fan, who thought it was a scam, felt a little loose in his heart. "Well, I'll put in a penny and give it a try."

Then Mu Fan gave the man a penny, and sure enough, under the guidance of the man. Mu Fan got two cents. Mu Fan's heart gradually became a little convinced. Thinking about my grandfather's condition. and the price of medicinal herbs. Mu Fan had to make some compromises.

Mu Fan seemed to have made up his mind, and took out a tael of gold as a bet.

The middle-aged man entered the shop with a tael of gold and asked the people inside.

"I'm afraid that one or two gold is the ultimate that this young man can take, and it's almost time to close the net."

The man behind the curtain was unimpressed. just blocked the man with one sentence. "Whatever you earn from the young man, I will give it tenfold."

The man had to grit his teeth and carry two taels of gold in his hand. With a slight smile on his face, he walked towards Mu Fan

"This is your two taels of gold, please keep it."

Then he took another ten taels of gold in his hand and handed it to another young man. The young man left with a smile on his face. The man turned to Mu Fan and smiled, and then without saying anything, he walked straight to the inside of the shop.

Every time he took a step, the man mentioned a point in his heart, "You must stop me." Otherwise, this time it will be a big loss. ”

Mu Fan was also fighting fiercely in his heart. Is it safe to settle in the bag, or to be small and big. If it is Mu Fan's cautious personality on weekdays, he will definitely choose to settle in the bag. But today, the situation is compelled to do so.

"Wait, I'll put in five more taels of gold."

Hearing this, the man finally settled his hanging heart. Stopped the steps that were about to enter the shop, turned his head and accepted the five taels of gold with a smile. Then he strode into the shop.

Mu Fan outside waited for a long time, but he didn't see the middle-aged man come out again. At this time, two hours had passed since Mu Fan went out, and a trace of sweat oozed from the anxious Mu Fan's eyebrows. Although I was already a little uneasy in my heart. But I still can't believe it. After a few more moments, Mu Fan had to go in the door to find out. only to find that the shop was already empty.

Mu Fan, who knew that he had been deceived, was a little at a loss.

Lost his soul and walked to the Sun family pharmacy. Although he knew that he couldn't do it, he was still unwilling to ask the shopkeeper again, "Can't you really advance the medicinal materials to me in advance?" ”

The shopkeeper has not yet spoken. A teenager next to him said. "Shopkeeper Yang, I know him. Give him whatever he needs directly, and the account will be on my head for the time being. ”

"Okay, young master." Shopkeeper Yang had no choice but to give up when he heard this. Pack the herbs that have been prepared and hand them to the boy. After all, his shopkeeper Yang is just a janitor of this Sun shop. Now that the young master of the Sun family has spoken. How dare he disobey.

And now the three hours are approaching. Mu Fan didn't care about anything else. He thanked the boy and hurried home.

When I saw the young Taoist priest. Mu Fan asked with a nervous expression. "Dao Chief, can you still be saved?"

The young Daoist shook his head and did not speak.

At this time, the grandfather who was lying on the bamboo chair was obviously bloodless.

"That's it, the matter has come to this, and Poor Dao doesn't want to smash the signboard of this world. I can do something to bring your grandfather back to life temporarily. If there is anything that needs to be explained, take this opportunity to finish talking earlier" The young Taoist priest was obviously a little concerned.

Mu Fan stood aside, and he didn't have time to care about being deceived. Just looking at the grandfather on the recliner for a while. It's as if the backbone of the main heart has been removed.

I didn't see any movement from the young Taoist priest. The grandfather on the recliner suddenly coughed softly. His face gradually became a little bloody. muttered in his mouth. "Fanfan, Fanfan......"

Mu Fan stepped forward and squatted aside, gently held his grandfather's hand, and said, "Grandpa, I'm here!" ”

"Fanfan, grandpa, I have done nothing all my life, and I have lived to the end of my life, and after I die, I don't have to be too sad. Bury me next to your father's grave. ”

Mu Fan was speechless for a while, just kept crying. There is guilt, reluctance, and a little resentment.

"Fanfan...... Ahem...... Grandpa has nothing else left for you, except for the broken piece of porcelain that you need to keep alive, perhaps because of the cause of your father's death. The porcelain tiles have been placed under your bed."

"Fanfan, the family is poor, grandpa and I should be more bitter, but it's a pity that I suffered you, don't blame your father. He's also forced to be helpless."

Mu Fan patted his grandfather's back with a little sadness so that he could be comfortable.

"Fanfan, I really want to eat another bowl of scallion oil noodles you made!"

"Grandpa, I'll do it for you!" After saying that, Mu Fan hurriedly lit a fire, below. Coherent. After finishing the event, don't forget to garnish with 18 green onions. No more, no less.

Mu Fan carefully picked up a chopstick of noodles, blew it, and fed it to the old man. Noodle entrance. Without too much chewing, another violent cough erupted. Finely chopped noodles squirted into the bowl with blood water.

The young Taoist priest waiting quietly outside the door seemed to have a sense in his heart. pushed the door in and patted Mu Fan on the shoulder. "The deceased is gone, mourn!"

Mu Fan wiped his cheeks for his grandfather. Then straighten the old man's body. Straighten out the corners of the old man's slightly messy clothes.

Then he said to the young Taoist priest, "Thank you, Daoist." ”

The young Taoist priest put away his usual appearance and said to Mu Fan with a serious face.

"Today's events are nothing but unwarranted to you. I stopped you under the old locust tree, it was the good cause, and the poor way calculated your situation today. So he reminded you, intended to help you avoid this catastrophe. Unexpectedly, it bore bad results. Because I stopped you under the locust tree, and the monk mistakenly thought that you had cause and effect for me. So they used some dark and treacherous methods, first making your grandfather seriously ill, and then letting people cheat you out of your life-saving money. It is intended to disturb your state of mind, so that I will leak flaws. ”

The young Taoist priest sighed, and then asked, "Your calamity is indirectly caused by me. You can complain about poverty. ”

Mu Fan turned around and listened to the young Taoist priest slowly explain what happened.

"Can the Daoist do his best?"

Mu Fan replied to the question.

Although he didn't say it directly, the young Taoist priest knew that Mu Fan was asking if he had done his best to save his grandfather.

The young Taoist priest nodded, a little helplessly. "Poor Dao is very proficient in divination, sophistry, and killing. I even know some immortality techniques and rejuvenation techniques. But Du Du has more than enough heart for resurrection and not enough power. ”

Hearing this, Mu Fan also shook his head, which was regarded as answering the young Taoist's question.

The young Taoist priest looked at the young man and straightened his clothes, and then said, "The poor Taoist name is Lu Jiang, he is more than 100 years old, he knows astronomy and geography, and he is one of the real Taoist people in the Daomen. Will you worship me as a teacher? ”

Lu Jiang hasn't finished speaking. I happened to see the boy raise his head. His eyes were clear, and the tears in the corners of his eyes had not yet dried.

The boy wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said.

"Daoist Lu, I really don't blame you for this, I thank you for the reminder." Mu Fan turned his head to look at his grandfather on the recliner. The eyes are solemn.

"But follow you, and you will always remind me of this day and now, this situation. And at this time, it is really not appropriate to apprentice with me, and Lu Daochang forgive me. ”