"Master. Zhang Qingyin pondered for a moment and said: "I want to go to the place where my master was killed to take a look, although ten years have passed, maybe there will be some clues." ”

Chen Qingtang shook his head and said, "A few days ago, when I returned to Wangshu County, the first thing I did was to go to the west of the city to find the house. And guess what?"

"What's the matter?" Zhang Qingyin asked.

"There was nothing left there, just a wasteland, a house, a nun, long gone. Chen Qingtang said: "I went to Lanruo Temple again, visited Zhixian Zen Master, talking about this old incident ten years ago, Zhixian Zen Master told me in a conclusive way, he never sent any little monk to Rong Ruotang to report the news. ”

"So to speak. Zhang Qingyin held his chin and said: "This matter, from beginning to end, is a bureau. ”

"Yes. Chen Qingtang twisted his beard and said, "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." From today on, I will settle down in Wangshu County, and slowly explore, and the day will come out. ”

"What Master said is very true. Zhang Qingyin echoed casually.

While talking, Chen Qingtang rubbed his stomach and said: "Patronizing and talking, when you are hungry, cook and eat." ”

"Master, what do you eat?" asked Zhang Qingyin, whose eyes lit up.

Chen Qingtang tapped lightly on his apprentice's forehead and said with a smile: "Don't always worry about my little white noodles, okay? ”

Chen Qingtang took out a shovel from the blanket and took Zhang Qingyin out of Rongruotang, there was a bamboo forest nearby, and the master and apprentice went into the forest and dug up a bamboo shoot. When I returned to the house, I washed it with clean water, cut it into thin slices, put it in a pot of boiling water, boiled it for a while, and ate it with sesame sauce.

"Master, your cooking skills are really skillful. Zhang Qingyin licked the sesame sauce at the corner of his mouth and praised insincerely.

When Chen Qingtang heard this, he was very impressed, and said proudly: "Apprentice, do you know why the chefs of restaurants are all men, and there are very few women?"

"Why?"

"Many women, trapped by the trivialities of family and children in this life, find it extremely difficult to delve into the field of cooking. Men, unlike men, have too much time to delve into the culinary field. ”

"Master, you have a point. ”

After the master and apprentice had breakfast, Zhang Qingyin asked the master what he was doing during the day. Chen Qingtang found two shovels from the warehouse of the Taoist temple, took his apprentice, came to the front yard, pointed to a place, and said, "Come, today, the two of us dig a pond here." ”

"Good. Zhang Qingyin held a shovel in his hand, spat two mouthfuls on the palm of his hand, and began to dig a pit, and the two dug for most of the day, digging a big pit more than one zhang wide and eight feet deep.

"Take a break. Chen Qingtang wiped the sweat from his forehead and crawled out of the pit.

"Good. Zhang Qingyin jumped out of the pit, sat next to Lao Dao, and asked, "Master, what are you doing digging this big pit?"

"Fish farming. Chen Qingtang said with a smile: "From the first day I entered Rong Ruotang, I felt that there should be a pond here to raise a few koi fish, how good." However, in the past, I told Master and Master countless times, but no one paid attention to me, and now, I am the master here. ”

"It turns out that Master likes to raise koi, so Yaxing. Zhang Qingyin said with a smile.

Chen Qingtang said: "I like koi fish very much, when I am alive, I can be watched, and when I have no food to eat, I can fill my belly." ”

"......" Zhang Qingyin was speechless for a while.

In the evening, Chen Qingtang led the donkey, with fishing gear, out of Rong Ruotang, before leaving, he instructed Zhang Qingyin: "Go out to find a river for the teacher, fish for the night, come back tomorrow morning, and boil fish soup for you to drink." Apprentice, I will give you two tasks, first, carry water from the well, fill this pond, and tomorrow, the teacher will raise fish in it. Second, push the excavated earthwork to the backyard of the Taoist temple and pile it under the root of the south wall. ”

"Yes, Master. ”

"Gone. Chen Qingtang got on the donkey and floated away.

Zhang Qingyin brought buckets and flat poles to fill the pond with water, and it took two hours to fill the pond. Tired and sweating. Hungry, I ate some leftover bamboo shoots, found a flatbed truck from the warehouse, loaded it with earth, pushed it to the backyard, and unloaded the dirt to the south wall root.

At this time, when he was already approaching, suddenly, from an empty room in the south wing, there was a sound. Zhang Qingyin didn't pay attention at first, but later, the movement became louder and louder, Zhang Qingyin stopped what he was doing, wiped the sweat on his body with his sleeve, and walked to the house that made a sound.

"Who's in there?" Zhang Qingyin asked.

The house had not been inhabited for too long, and the empty echo: "Who's in it." ”

Zhang Qingyin stood in front of the door for a while, there was no movement, he turned to leave, and after a few steps, there was a noise again in the room behind him. Zhang Qingyin stopped, the huge Rong Ruotang, at this time it was silent, the night wind blew, the leaves rustled, and occasionally the call of an owl came from the branches, Zhang Qingyin only felt a cool air on his back, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"This Taoist temple is very evil. Zhang Qingyin said to himself, he walked back to the room where he slept yesterday, found a ragged shirt, tied it to a wooden stick, poured kerosene, and lit a torch. Returning to the room where the noise had just come from, he pushed the door open and walked in......