Time is very fast, five years have passed, Li Moru is now a fourteen-year-old young man, in addition to practicing, learning to strike iron, he will also help his mother clean up the bookstore every day, and visit Mr. Mo and Longchen every holiday.

Today, Li Moru ran past the gate of the Luoyan Pagoda as usual, and then ran to his mother's bookstore in the south to clean up the things in the bookstore with his mother.

On the way home, he saw Zhang Fugui, who was walking on the street alone.

Now Zhang Fugui is thinner than before, although he still looks a little rich, but he is no longer as obvious as before, and his father has slowly accepted that he will not take the official career.

Li Moru ran over to pat him and asked him: "Fugui, why are you tender, how can you be weak, what's wrong, who bullied you, tell the second brother, the second brother will teach him a lesson." ”

Zhang Fugui turned his face to see that Li Moru's hand was already on his shoulder, and Zhang Fugui replied: "No one bullied me, I just had some injuries." ”

Li Moru touched Zhang Fugui's face and smiled: "Ah, is this still the Zhang Fugui I know, you actually touched the scene, what's the matter, keep saying, did you go to peek at Lu Manman being discovered?"

"It's okay, besides, Lu Manman has something to look at, I don't like his father's face, I said you go to Mr. Mo's house every day when you have time, do you have a crush on Mo Xue'er, it's okay, tell my brother, I promise not to say it." ”

Li Moru said angrily: "You are blind, Mo Xue'er likes Longchen so blatantly, can't you see it? I, Li Moru, am not a human being, and I will not rob my brother's woman." ”

Zhang Fugui waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about this, I really don't think about these things, I'm just because I'm leaving, so I'm a little reluctant, I've lived here for more than ten years, and I'm really reluctant to leave all of a sudden." ”

When Li Moru heard Zhang Fugui say that he was leaving, he asked, "Are you leaving?"

"My father has promised me to let me learn to do business, and then I am going to go to Jiangling Mansion first, where is my father's business, and I plan to stay there for a year or two, and after earning some money, I will go to Sichuan and Shu, when you go out of the ancient town, you must go to see me, I will take you to eat and drink well." ”

Li Moru heard the news that Zhang Fugui was going to travel far away, although he was happy for Zhang Fugui from the bottom of his heart, because he was finally able to do what he liked.

But when I think that everyone will be separated from each other from now on, I can't bear it, after all, he Zhang Fugui and Zhang Qingshan have grown up together since they were children, and it is inevitable that they will be reluctant to separate.

As for Longchen, Li Moru heard from Longchen that his father asked him to go back next year, but he was afraid that from now on, there would be no Longchen in the world, only Cao Wei remained.

As for Zhang Qingshan, he had already told his father that he was going to leave the ancient town with Longchen and go to Xuzhou, saying that Longchen's family was in Xuzhou, so they were ready to go back together.

Now that I heard that Zhang Fugui was leaving, then the ancient town would really be the only one left, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

After nightfall, he and Zhang Fugui found an inn and ordered a lot of good wine and food, saying that they were for Zhang Fugui to see him off.

This is the first time Li Moru and Zhang Fugui have drank, they sit at the high height of the inn, drinking wine and eating food, looking at the scenery around the ancient town.

The faint light reflected in the moonlight on the water, and the boats of the busy day swayed quietly on the water.

They looked at the Luoyan Pagoda in the center of the ancient town, for so many years, no matter how the people of the ancient town believed in the Buddha, the night pearl here has never been lit up for the people of the ancient town.

Perhaps because of this, in recent years, the enthusiasm of the people of the ancient town to worship the Buddha has gradually faded.

Although the incense in the temple has not been broken, it is far worse than five years ago, when at that time, no matter how late, as long as the temple gate is still open, there are always devout believers who go in to burn incense and petition.

But now, as soon as the afternoon came, there were no pilgrims before the temple bell rang.

Li Moru put a piece of pig ear in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and somehow, they all said that it was easy to get drunk when they drank for the first time, and the two of them were still very sober after drinking most of the pot.

Zhang Fugui was eating while talking to Li Moru about their bits and pieces in the ancient town.

The past is unbearable to look back at the moonlight, this sentence is a sentence that Li Moru remembered, I forgot where I picked it up, although it felt very appropriate, but it didn't seem to be the meaning he thought.

Just when Li Moru was pondering, Zhang Fugui pulled Li Moru's sleeve and pointed to the faint green light emitted from the top of the Luoyan Pagoda in the distance and said, "Moru, look, there is really a night pearl on the top of the Luoyan Pagoda." ”

Li Moru picked up a glass of wine and looked at the faint green light in the distant sky with Zhang Fugui, and he smiled: "You say, does this prove that the sincerity of our town has been touched by the Buddha?"

Zhang Fugui said with a smile: "Well, it should be, you see that the aunt over there has already knelt down, her hands are folded, she should be making a wish to the Buddha, come to Moru, let's maybe make a wish!"

Li Moru looked in the direction that Zhang Fugui said, and there was really a middle-aged woman in a cyan cloth dress with patches on her clothes on the arched bridge who was kneeling towards the night pearl in the distance.

She folded her hands and lowered her head, although Li Moru didn't know what she was talking about, she probably guessed what it would be.

Faced with Zhang Fugui's statement, Li Moru smiled: "You promise, I'll forget it, I don't have a Buddha in my heart, and the Buddha will not help me realize my dream because I believe it once, I think what I want to do is more reliable on my own." ”

Zhang Fugui began to follow the woman's example, looking at the night pearl glowing with a faint green light in the distance and making a wish.

The faint green light in front of them was seen by the whole town, and for a moment the silent night became noisy, and everyone was discussing this miracle, and they were all thinking about going to the temple tomorrow to burn incense and make a wish.

Some people have even prepared incense and are ready to wait at the temple gate at night.

And the temple bell also rang slowly, spreading out in the ancient town with the ripples on the water.

After the two drank two pots of wine, they quickly fell asleep, and when Li Moru woke up, he felt that his head was so heavy, and there was a trace of uncomfortable pain.

He went out to ask the guy Zhang Fugui who was with him, and the guy said that Zhang Fugui left early in the morning, and asked him to bring a message to Li Moru, he had to hurry up and set off by boat as soon as the hour passed today, he had already greeted Zhang Qingshan and them, and he didn't want to disturb him when he saw Li Moru sleeping too soundly in the morning.

And he didn't want Li Moru to send him, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold back his crying when the time came.

Li Moru asked the guy what time it was, and the guy replied that it was still the hour.

Li Moru jumped out of the window and walked quickly on the houses in the ancient town, just like when the Huiyang Dao people left, and the guy thought that he was confused when he got up in the morning, and after giving himself a slap, he saw that no one outside the window was sure that he was wrong.

Li Moru quickly ran to the blacksmith shop, rushed to his room and took a sword, and hurriedly ran towards the dock to the north.

Finally, when he jumped off the house, he happened to see Zhang Fugui on a boat ready to leave, while Zhang Qingshan and Long Chen were saying goodbye by the dock.

He hurriedly shouted Fugui, and flew to the boat where Zhang Fugui was.

Zhang Fugui couldn't help but be surprised, "Wow, Moru, you have now completely learned this exercise that Daoist Huiyang taught you at the beginning, it's so powerful." ”

Li Moru gave Zhang Fugui a chestnut and said, "You girl, you don't tell me when you leave, you still want to sneak away, right?" ”

"Aren't I afraid that you won't be able to give up on me. ”

"I'm telling you, if I don't catch up, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. As he spoke, he handed the sword wrapped in cloth in his hand to Zhang Fugui.

Li Moru said: "This is the sword I personally forged, I originally wanted to give it to you a long time ago, but I never had a chance, but now I will give it to you while you are leaving." ”

Zhang Fugui asked: "I don't practice martial arts, why did you give me a sword?"

"Isn't it that I have nothing to give, you don't know, I don't know anything except iron, since the sword is given to you, you can defend yourself, or be an ornament, even if you are short of money that day and use it to sell, it's okay, anyway, it's my mind, you can't refuse." ”

Zhang Fugui gave Li Moru a tight hug, and then said: "Remember, when you go out, you must go to me, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”

"Definitely. ”

After greeting Zhang Fugui's father, the boatman urged: "Guest officer, it's not early this day, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you won't be able to get to the next place to rest before evening." ”

Zhang Fugui's father said to Long Chen, Li Moru and others, and then let the boatman drive the boat.

Li Moru performed light skills and stepped on the branches, and sent Zhang Fugui all the way along the willow tree by the river, knowing that after sending ten miles, the boat sailed into the next intersection.

When the spring flowers were blooming, Li Moru turned around and smelled the smell of spring in the ancient town all the way.

This year's flowers bloomed earlier than in previous years, so now the petals have begun to wither, and the petals are fluttering in the breeze, Li Moru turned around as slowly as he could in three steps, until he could no longer see the shadow of the boat that Zhang Fugui had left, and then began to pack up his mood and prepare to go back to the blacksmith shop.

The spring breeze and I traveled ten miles, and I sent off guests with the spring breeze.

After returning to the dock and chatting with Long Chen, Li Moru went to his mother's bookstore to help pack up the bookstore's things.

After cleaning up, he slowly ran back to the blacksmith shop, and after telling the master the news of Zhang Fugui's departure, Lao Yang Tou also expressed his understanding.

He told Li Moru that they would have time to meet in the future, and they didn't have to be sad about a temporary parting.

Li Moru has already thought about it, and the first thing he will do when he goes out in the future is to fight for righteousness and hoe the strong and help the weak, the most important thing is to hurry up and pit Zhang Fugui, he said that with Zhang Fugui's mind, he must have become a rich man by then, and he must be slaughtered to be worthy of him.

After saying this, he immediately felt much happier.