Shen Yun spent the last afternoon with Master in the small hut. When the sun was in the west, he followed Master's last words and cremated his body along with the hut with a low-grade flame charm.

During the whole process, the cliff did not reappear. Shen Yun guessed that the phantom array that the master had laid out before his death should be gone.

Therefore, he dug a pit in the position where Lin Yan used to sit before his death, and collected all the ashes after cremation into this pit and filled it in.

In the end, he chose a relatively flat bluestone nearby to stand in front of the tomb, and carved "The Tomb of Mentor Lin Yan" with a knife on the front. The inscription is "disciple Shen Yun weeping".

When Shen Yun finished taking care of Lin Yan's funeral and returned to Zhuangzi, it was getting late and the twilight was heavy.

Humber led the sweet girl and stood on the path into the mountain. Both of them craned their necks and looked anxiously into the mountains.

As soon as Shen Yun's figure appeared, they both eagerly greeted him.

"Brother Yun!"

"Brother Yun," as he approached, Hong Bo looked up and down and asked, "Are you okay?"

Shen Yun picked up the sweet girl who rushed to him, shook his head and replied, "I'm fine." In the mountains, I accidentally turned confused and delayed a lot of time. ”

Before Lin Yan's death, he repeatedly emphasized that he should not tell anyone about apprenticeship. Yes, Hong Bo never knew about the existence of the master. Today's incident, he can only make up another excuse.

"Ah, is it because of the 'ghost hitting the wall'?" Hong Bo has always trusted him, and when he heard the words, he did not doubt him, and his expression changed greatly.

At the mention of "ghost", Tianniu couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly hugged Shen Yun's neck, widened her eyes and asked, "Grandpa, what is a ghost hitting the wall?"

"This is not the place to talk. Go home first. Hong Bo nervously glanced at the mountains where the night mist was rising, and beckoned Shen Yun to leave quickly.

Along the way, Humber looked solemn and worried.

When she returned home, Tianniu couldn't help it and asked again, "Grandpa, what is a ghost hitting the wall?"

Hong Bo replied with a heavy heart: "It's just that I hit the evil spirit, I keep spinning in one place and can't get out." Not a good thing, little doll, Modo asked. ”

"Oh. When the sweet girl heard this, she didn't ask any more questions, and ran to the kitchen to find something to eat.

"Brother Yun, do you feel uncomfortable?" Hong Bo walked up to Shen Yun and reached out and touched his forehead with concern, "Well, it's not hot." ”

Shen Yun is tired now, and his heart is even more tired and exhausted. Hearing this, he shook his head weakly: "No." It's just that I'm tired of walking. ”

Hong Bo sighed sadly: "I heard the elders say that if you encounter this kind of thing, you must kill a rooster, go to the temple to burn incense to ward off evil, and then seek peace charms." The little doll's house also begged for a bowl of talisman water to drink, suppressing the shock. ”

But now, where to find the rooster?

After a moment's hesitation, he added, "Maybe the pheasant will do the same." There happened to be a freshly pickled pheasant at home, which was male. Brother Yun, don't go into the mountain tomorrow, accompany me to Guanli. ”

According to the rules of Niutouao Village, for the first seven days of the death of a relative, three meals a day must be offered every day. Shen Yun didn't think about it, waved his hand and refused: "I'm really fine, no need." I passed by there a few days ago, and the barren grass in the view was almost a man tall. The original host doesn't know where to go, we went, who are we going to ask for?"

Hong Bo hadn't been to Guanli for more than a year, and when he heard the words, he had to give up: "I'll think of a way to have dinner first." ”

After dinner, he came up with a way - he rummaged through the small money jar at the head of the bed for a long time, and finally found the oldest copper coin from it, carefully strung it with red thread, and put it on Shen Yun's neck with his own hands.

"Brother Yun, the elders say that the older the copper coin, the more it can suppress evil spirits. You must not leave this copper coin. He told repeatedly.

"Hey. "Actually, Shen Yun didn't believe in ghosts and gods in the first place. After reading the dozens of codexes written by Taishizu, I have gained a lot of knowledge, and I don't believe it even more. It's just that seeing a lie he made up at random made up made Hong Bo so nervous and uneasy, he was very unhappy. He cognitively cooperated with the old copper coin, and his mouth was full of answers.

Hearing Humber mention "elders" again, his heart moved, and he blurted out: "Humber, what is the Tao?"

Hong Bo was stunned: "Dao, what Dao, aren't you very familiar with the Dao to the county seat?" After thinking about it, he asked rhetorically, "Brother Yun, do you want to go back to Shixiu County?"

Although Shen Yun didn't know what the "Dao" that Master had repeatedly mentioned was, he could guess with his toes that this "Dao" was not the other "Dao", and it was definitely not what Hong Bo said—the latter was clearly the meaning of the road, and the three-year-old little doll knew it, so how could the master not know?

"It's not. I don't know how to explain it, he felt even more powerless in his heart, "The gym has been burned, the owner of the gym and Brother Fu have gone to the provincial capital, what should I do when I go back to Shixiu County?"

"Right now, I can't go to the provincial capital. Hong Bo sighed and shook his head again and again, "Marshal Cha's soldiers are still surrounding." It's been almost a year, and people from outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out. I don't know what is going on with my husband. ”

That time, I heard Brother Yun say that the immortal rune soldiers searched for the remnants of the rebels on the nearby official road, but he was frightened, and for several days, he had to go to the official road three times a day to investigate, for fear that the fairy rune soldiers would find this side and harm people.

Fortunately, the immortal rune soldiers didn't come over. But that kind of fearful life is really not people's lives. And the people in the provincial city have been living like this for most of the past six months. Just thinking about it makes him feel like he's sinning.

"When the soldiers are gone, I want to go to the provincial capital to find the hall master. Since the Pavilion Master was mentioned, Shen Yun took the opportunity to say what he was thinking about.

"It should. Hong Bo responded, "There are car dealers in the county that specialize in running the provincial capital." I have some money, and when the road is too peaceful, I'll rent you a pony carriage. ”

"I have money. Shen Yun waved his hand, "When the soldiers are retreated, let's talk about it." ”

He was not short of money: Grandpa Liu gave him all his life savings. And he has not had any big expenses, this silver money has been saved, and he has not spent a lot of money in total, and the most important thing is that he has collected those few immortal talisman iron cavalry, and has collected about three hundred taels of silver from them, as well as more than four hundred big money.

This is undoubtedly a huge amount of money. The silver money that Grandpa Liu has saved in his life is less than a fraction of it. In Shixiu County, which was left before the war, you can buy three of the best big shops in Dong'anji.

Also, now there is chaos outside, and there is no way to go. Hong Bo sighed again, looking at the dark night outside the door, and infinite longing appeared on his face: "When the soldiers retreat, the people who ran out should also come back." When the time comes, the world will be peaceful, and we will reorganize the barren fields and plant food, and life will be better......"

That night, Shen Yun had a dream:

Suddenly there were many, many paths in front of him. On every road, there are all kinds of people.

He looked closely and found Humber on one of the dirt roads. The latter was full of spring breeze, drove the big black, and ploughed the fields on the road.

Shen Yun was about to step forward to say hello, but he didn't want to, but he stepped into the air, as if he had fallen into the abyss......

"Ahh

The moonlight shone in through the window coldly like water.

It turned out to be a dream.

Shen Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered to himself: "It must be that I always think about what the Tao is during the day, so I have such a dream." ”

He's not speculating. Because of a similar situation, it was mentioned in the Codex of Taishi Zu. Taishi Zu called it "thinking in the day and dreaming in the night".

He lay down again, looked at the moonlight outside, and gradually fell into the infinite black sweetness.

For the next seven days, Shen Yun offered three meals a day in front of Lin Yan's tomb. In the midst of chaos, food is especially expensive. He could not say anything to Humb, so all he could offer was his own dry food, and the wild fruits he had gathered, and the roasted prey.

Just like when Master was alive, he still sat cross-legged during the offering and talked about what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

"Master, what is the Tao, the disciple wants to break his head, and he doesn't know what it means. After meditating for seven days and seven nights, he was still confused and decided to put it down for the time being.

On the evening of the seventh day, he deliberately reported in front of the tomb: "The codex of the Taishi Ancestor said, let it be. The disciple thought slowly, and waited until the day he came up with it, and then he would tell the master. ”

After the first seven days, Shen Yun no longer ran to Lin Yan's tomb three times a day: first, seeing that winter was coming, he had to stock up more meat and firewood for the winter, and he was very busy; second, the master had passed away, even if he kept watch in front of the tomb from morning to night, he could not recall the master, but only increased his sadness.

From then on, as before, he just came to rest in front of Master's tomb at noon every three days, and talked to Master about his heart while eating dry food.

Time flies. In the blink of an eye, autumn and winter are coming.

At the end of the year, Hong Bo finally waited for the long-awaited good news - there were several official missions in the Xianfu and the old man Pegasus reported the victory on the official road: "Good news! Good news! The rebels in the provincial capital have been broken! The immortal rune soldiers have won a complete victory!"

"It's okay now, the war disaster is really going to pass!" Hong Bo ran back to Zhuangzi from the official road out of breath, and before he could even breathe, he happily told Shen Yun and Tianniu the good news.

Shen Yun really didn't have a good impression of the Immortal Fu Soldiers, and when he heard this, he didn't show it on his face, but said in his heart: Who knows if it will be a false report again? In the past year, the commander of the Zha who fished for Shizi has sent someone to report several good news? As a result, which time has the provincial capital been breached by him?

No, but this time it's true. In the next few days, on the official road, the fast horses of the officials came and went, and there was an endless stream. News spread quickly: the provincial city was destroyed, the rebel leaders were captured alive, and the immortal court frequently issued amnesty decrees......

In the first month, the official road to the provincial capital was finally opened after being blocked for nearly two years.

Hong Bo discussed with Shen Yun: "Brother Yun, do you want to go to the provincial capital to find Mr.?"

"Don't be in a hurry, wait until all the checkpoints on the road are removed. Shen Yun deliberately pretended to be apprehensive, patted his heart and said, "The last time I came back, the immortal rune soldiers robbed on the official road, and they almost scared me to death. ”

In fact, since he cleaned up that team of immortal rune iron cavalry, he was not afraid of a few immortal rune soldiers who stood in the way. The above is purely an excuse.

Right now, what he is really worried about is that if he leaves, only Hong Bo and Tian Niu will be left in the Zhuangzi. The old and the young, without his help, the two of them are afraid that they will even have to worry about burning firewood.

After so many years of relying on each other, how could Hong Bo not know his thoughts? Hearing this, he didn't say more, just patted Shen Yun's shoulder apologetically.

The little doll at the beginning was only half a head shorter than him, like a tall green pine in the mountains, and unconsciously, it has become his and Tiantian's dependence.

It was their grandfather and grandson who dragged Brother Yun down.

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