Chapter 6: Rebirth

I helped the master to sit down, and his face was pale

"Child, remember the words of the teacher, the rivers and lakes are sinister, you must be more careful, you must do more kindness, do chivalrous righteousness, do not do anything wrong, kill innocents indiscriminately, you and I will be the master and apprentice fate will be exhausted, while there is still a breath for the teacher now, help you entangle the enemy, you hurry down the mountain at night to save your life, don't do any more stops, you are not the opponent of the enemy now... Ahem"

"I see.... Master..."

I looked sadly at this old man who was still bored just now, and the master slowly took out a gourd-shaped jade plaque from his clothes and handed it to me

"This is my medicine ace of the medicine king's gate, see the jade card as if you see me, you take this piece of jade to find your senior brother, his name is Li Shengnong, in Yizhou, people in the rivers and lakes call him Li Shenyi, my "Thousand Golden Fang" is in your senior brother Lu's crutch, you have to pass it on to the world, for the benefit of the world, let's go, while my Yuan Shen is still broken, leave a breath to help you drag the enemy, let's go, don't delay any longer, cough cough cough... Ahem"

"Master"

"Let's go... Ahem..."

The master waved his hand repeatedly, and I had to kneel down and kowtow three times, and I also understood that if I didn't leave, I would die at the hands of the enemy

"Let's go...."

"Master, take care...."

I said goodbye with tears, but I didn't expect that the master and apprentice would be so short, and I know very well that this is a farewell

When I got out of the cave, I saw Qiu Yanzi, and when he saw me coming out, he came over coldly

"Did that old thing say anything important to you? Did you mention "A Thousand Golden Fang"? Tell me, otherwise, I'll kill you right now."

"He was really blind at the beginning, and adopted people like you..."

"Little brute, you give me a little restraint in your mouth...."

I also gave him a hard look, but the disparity in strength was huge, and I didn't dare to provoke him too much

"He asked you to go in, saying that he wanted to tell you where the medical book was, and that I knew that I would get burned, but he didn't tell me, as for this piece of jade, I believe you are not rare."

"Okay, you wait here for me, if you dare to run and let me catch up, I will break your body into thousands of pieces, so that your mother can no longer find you, hum..."

I didn't expect that the person I was grateful to in front of me has become my biggest threat at present, it's really a sigh, the human affection of time is warm and cold, it's too ruthless, I have to go quickly, and now I can't protect myself, I can only find another chance to come back to save my mother, Qiu Yanzi just entered, I took advantage of the night, ran down the mountain, I couldn't care which direction, ran all the way down

All around me were the cries of wild beasts and birds of prey, and by the moonlight, I had a stick in my hand to defend myself, and I was more afraid of the enemy chasing after me than these beasts and birds of prey

I'm sweating profusely, it's the first time I've grown so big and I'm still out so late, and I'm still running for my life, I'm scared and helpless, Dad, if you were here, I miss you so much, I'm not naughty anymore, can you show up soon?

"Little brute, where to run"

The shouts of Qiu Yanzi sounded in the rear, he was so good at his light work, and the environment was more familiar than mine, it seemed that I was destined to die

"Oh no, there's no way"

People were unlucky and choked to death when they drank water, and under the moonlight, I actually found myself running to the cliff, there was no way ahead, and I only heard the sound of Qiu Yanzi slowly falling behind

"Hahahaha, it's really stupid, you don't know how to turn a corner and run? all the way down, the grass and trees here, I'm much more familiar with you than you, I see where you can run now, the abyss is in front of you, jump down, I'll go back and tell your mother, you got lost and fell off the cliff and died, haha... Hah"

"Didn't I just speak disrespectfully, why do you have to be aggressive? If you want this hundred years of skill, you can take it, I don't want to die, and this jade gourd card, I'll give it to you..."

I'm scared, when despair comes, I just want to live, and everything has a chance to live

"In vain, my hatred has been guarding you for a woman for nearly eighteen years, I gave up everything, just to wait for her to promise me, until now, not only have I not gotten anything, but I have made you a little brute, oh my God, how unfair, ah? hahahaha..." I knew that I was a bamboo basket to draw water, I shouldn't have saved your dog's life back then, maybe you died, your mother would have been with me with peace of mind, why do I understand now, that old man just wants to delay time, let you run for your life, I want his old life in a fit of anger, what I want to get, no matter how much I pay, tell me, where is the old horseman's "Thousand Gold Fang"?"

Qiu Yanzi was viciously facing me, and was slowly approaching, behind him was a cliff, it seemed that he was dead, from his words I already understood, I couldn't ask for it, and I had to scold him before I died

"Stinky old monster, I'm ashamed of you, disgusting, you deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, lost all your conscience, didn't his old man also save your dog's life, you actually killed your master for a copy of "A Thousand Golden Fang", and you don't look at how old you are, my mother is not yet forty years old, your beard and hair are almost white, and I am embarrassed to worry about my mother, my mother only has my father in her heart, you will die of that heart, so stinky that dogs don't want to get close to you, you are really shameless, disgusting, disgusting, phew.... I want to throw up when I see you, phew...."

"You... I will skin you today to relieve the hatred in my heart."

After Qiu Yanzi finished speaking, he struck with a palm, I didn't have time to dodge, this palm directly shook me away, the abyss, this is an unprecedented sense of lightness, I can't detect the pain of the injury just now, it's quiet all around, I saw the moon, it's Ping'er, she reached out to pull me, I also stretched out my hand.... When I saw her, I smiled, and we all laughed

"Ping'er..."

Glitz and earthly wounds part

Once divided the heavens and the earth

If there is a time to meet in the next life

I am willing to do a double play of mandarin ducks

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I've had a long dream, everything seems to be the same, I'm still the arrogant and domineering me who causes trouble everywhere

When I woke up from the dream, I felt a pain in my chest, am I still alive?

"Ahem... Ahem, ahem..."

I slowly opened my eyes, my body was unusually weak, and it was extremely difficult to support my body with my arms, it was a grass hut, the surroundings were very simple, I was lying in a haystack, and there was no decent furniture around

"You're finally awake"

At this time, a rickety old woman came in from outside the house, her face was full of vicissitudes, the traces of time hung all over her face, and she was still holding a bowl of porridge in her hand, but it was a little black thing, it was difficult to swallow when she looked at it, is this the legendary Nai He Bridge?

"Dare to ask my mother-in-law, am I dead? Could you be the legendary Master Meng Po? What you have in your bowl, but the legendary Meng Po soup? ahem..."

The old woman laughed, and he came over, put the bowl beside me, and sat down on a stake-like stool, weaving something with straw in his hand

"Why is my mother-in-law smiling and silent?"

"You drink that bowl of porridge, the old woman is blind, and accidentally sprinkled the ashes in the pot, I scooped out the excess ashes, and there is no extra rice at home, so I will eat it."

"The younger generation just woke up, I don't know if this is beside the bridge, I saw the old woman, and I thought it was Meng Po who brought me soup."

I was indeed hungry, I don't know how long I fell asleep, I don't know why I was alive, I could pick up a life from such a bottomless cliff, and I smiled bitterly at my fate

Picking up the bowl of black porridge, if it had been before, I would have fallen with the bowl a long time ago, so I had to smile bitterly again and force myself to drink it

"I'm not a Meng Po, you are not dead, this is Wangya Village, there is an echo river outside, named because of the high echo of the mountain, in the past, we were the men of Wangya Village, who relied on this river to fish to support their families, and also had some fields, planted some food, now Wangya Village, there are no ten people to get a piece, they are all old women waiting to die, those who can run have run, and those who want to resist are all dead, the old woman wants to die, but when she dies, no one will give me that husband, my son went to the grave to sweep the grave, I asked them to wait for me underground, I burned more paper money for them on it, accumulated it, and asked the king of Hades for a back door, and cast a rich family in the next life...”

The old man said it very sadly, and the old tears quietly flowed out, and I was worried about it

"Hey, I was at home before, I never thought that life would be so miserable" "Thank you mother-in-law for saving your life, the younger generation can't repay it, and there is no silver gift on my body, it's really... It's really embarrassing, just this piece of jade, or the master gave it to me, just give it to my mother-in-law, it should be able to exchange for a lot of silver taels"

I handed the medicine king jade plate on my body to the old woman, and after life and death, I realized that these are things outside the body, what is there to be reluctant to

"Take it back, deserted villages and wilderness, no matter how valuable things are, it's worthless, you'd better stop holding your chest, the old woman picked you up when you came back, and there are two books, the old woman is illiterate, I don't know what kind of book it is, they all fell next to you, if I were rare, how could there be yours, I would have killed you a long time ago, and robbed you of your money and goods, this world is very sinister, the more valuable the items must be hidden, so that people with a heart can see it, I am afraid that you will take your life for some finance, it is not worth it..."

"Mother-in-law is really a great kindness.... The younger generation is so grateful to my mother-in-law, you have a very reasonable point, these things can indeed kill many people, cough cough cough..."

I bowed again, but my mother-in-law didn't raise her head, and she was still knitting something in her hands, like a pair of straw sandals

"That day, the old woman went to chop some firewood and came back, and saw you lying on top of a pile of weeds, already dying, the corners of your mouth were bloody, and your body was full of scars, the cliff was very high, and Wangya Village came like this, and ordinary people fell down from there, and they had already fallen to pieces, I looked for them to slowly carry you back, and I don't know if you can live, I can only pour you some water every day, gruel, as long as you still have breath, you can save it, you can survive, it can be seen that it is not an ordinary person, you have been in a coma for three days, let's go, the old woman has no extra food to support you, and the old people in the village are also dying, and there is no way to take out a thing and a half to give to you, there is still a small boat in the village, barely down the river, you go somewhere else to make a living, and your clothes are also tattered, the people in the village are so poor that they don't have a needle, and there is no way to help you make up for it, the old woman has a pair of straw sandals here, which is made for you, you see, is it appropriate?"

I staggered to my feet and put away the jade gourd, so it seemed that it must be the hundred-year-old true qi in my body that saved my life

"Thank you, mother-in-law"

I took off my shoe, which had been made for me by Ping'er, but it stinked a little

"Oops, it's a little stinky, I haven't washed it for days, and it stinks my mother-in-law."

"Hehehe... Ahem.... It doesn't matter, when my son is as old as you, I also knit straw sandals for him, and the poor live a hard life, so you will wear it."

The old man's face showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, he probably hadn't smiled for a long time, and his smile was so stiff that it was distressing to watch

"It fits perfectly... Mother-in-law has the grace of reinvention to the younger generation, if there is another day, the younger generation will come back to repay your great kindness, and the younger generation can only kowtow to you"

I knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row, tears of gratitude in my eyes

"Hurry up, no thanks, don't come back if you leave... When I came back, I guess the old woman also went to the ground."

The old woman stood up, her rickety body, these days of helplessness had already tortured her enough

"Why does my mother-in-law say this? If the younger generation can take revenge, they will come back to give you a pension and send you to the end of your life."

"Hehe, the old woman understands it, if it weren't for my daughter, I would have died a long time ago, how could I have survived until now... Ahem, hey!"

The old woman wiped her sad tears, sat down by the stove, grabbed some firewood and threw it in, there was no food in the pot, it seemed to be a little water, some grass roots and wild vegetables, it was difficult to swallow when she smelled it

"By the way, what's going on in this village, why are there only so many mothers-in-law left?"

"Hey, this Wangya Village used to be the surrounding big village, there are a lot of people who come to settle down for the elderly, there is no lack of some declining people in the rivers and lakes, once prominent and the nobles in the middle of the road, there are more than 100 families at most, there is a respected doctor living on the mountain, he has traveled all over the world, widely practiced medical skills, saved countless people, some people in the village are sick, all go to the mountains to find him, he does not collect money from poor people, everyone takes food, livestock to thank him, those days are the happiest days in Wangya Village, the old woman and her husband gave birth to my eldest daughter at that time, life is also quite stable, about more than 30 years, his old man suddenly died of illness, everything was taken over by his devilish apprentice, not only was he not good at medical ethics, but he tested the medicine with the people in the village, and finally made that kind of heart-devouring pill, he forced everyone to take the pill, and when the medicine attacked, people scratched their chests like crazy, and I watched my son being tortured to death..."

The old woman wiped her tears

"It must be the old poison of the enemy, and the younger generation is also the one who knocked down the cliff with one palm, and my mother, who was also controlled by him in the cave..."

"Hey, there was no shortage of some Jianghu travelers who said that they wanted to help administer justice, and in the end they all went and didn't return, my husband was killed because he couldn't take revenge, and the people in the village fled all who could escape, and the rest were also dead, my daughter was also caught by him as a maid in the cave, her ears and mouth were poisoned, and the old woman could only look at her when she paid food every month, babbling, she couldn't say a word, and my heart hurt to death, I lived, just waiting for her to come back and reunite with me... Let's leave this hellish place together, so, I told you not to come again, find a place to live well...."

After hearing these words, it really made me angry, I have never been so uncomfortable and angry when I have grown so big

"This old poison is really full of conscience, full of evil, I am grateful for his life-saving grace before, bah, if I can come back, I will definitely take his dog's life, in order to sacrifice the spirit of the master and so many innocent people in heaven"

I clenched my fists, wishing I was going to tear the enemy to pieces immediately, and at this moment, I had even forgotten to slaughter the enemies of Yanjiabao

"Don't give your life in vain, let's get out quickly, maybe we can find a family to spend the night before dark"

"Good.... Thank you mother-in-law for saving your life, the younger generation is unforgettable"

"Don't be polite, let's go quickly, the boat is by the river not far from the door, go, go all the way"

"Mother-in-law cherishes, juniors have said goodbye"

"Well, let's go"

I turned around several times, but the old woman didn't raise her head, it seems that she has taken life lightly, if it weren't for the flesh and blood affection, how could she have the courage to live

When I came to the river, I saw one or two old women, but when they saw me, they hid and did not dare to greet me, so I smiled bitterly, got into the boat, and rowed slowly downstream

The sunset, coupled with the weakness and seasickness, I fell on the boat in a daze and fainted, and when I woke up again it was already dark at night, the boat floated to a shore and stuck, I swayed and stood up, the sky was so dark, it was inconvenient to continue to move forward, I could only go ashore first to find a place to nest for a night, the stomach was empty, and the sounds of birds and beasts were all around, for me, it was an unusual horror, hey, if I had put it before, I would never have thought that I would be so pitiful in the wilderness, the saddest thing is that there was no moonlight at all tonight, it was dark ahead, and the terrifying atmosphere made me sweat and my legs were weak

I breathed heavily, my steps trembled, and I walked forward step by step, holding the bamboo raft tightly in my hand, my throat was dry, and I wiped the sweat from my forehead from time to time

"Woooooo

Don't scare me, I'm afraid.... Don't think about it, don't dare to think about it....

"Woooooooooo Give me back my life.... Give me back my life."

Ahhh

"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, all the gods don't scare me, I'm very timid, Bodhisattva bless..."

I bowed my head and prayed, my hands were already trembling, how could I still walk, my feet were already so scared that they weren't my own, was I going to be killed by a ghost here

"Woo..."

The screams of terror continued, and I was scared, and I glanced around with my left eye, and a white object was swaying in the treetops in the faint moonlight

"Ahh What the hell"

Then, I lay on the ground in the dark, and fainted with fright

I don't know how long it took me to wake up with a splash of cold water

"Wake up, boss, look, this kid is awake, hahaha..."

I opened my eyes in a daze, a torch came to me, illuminated in front of me and couldn't see anything, only a few people laughed wildly, I blocked it with my hand, but I couldn't see ahead, fortunately it was a person, as long as it wasn't a ghost, it was anything

"Who are you? Why am I still lying here, you...""Oh, I see, you scare me, aren't you?"

I stood up, and then I saw that a man dressed in white and pretending to be a ghost, three people who looked like ghosts were standing in front of me, and they were still laughing at me, why did your parents give birth to you, they made you so ugly, and laughed at me, master, I am better looking than you.... hum

Hey, my crotch is wet, oh, I remembered, I just had incontinence, it was so embarrassing, I quickly covered it

"Haha.... This kid is so funny, he was scared to pee just now... What a big smell of urine, hahaha"

The four of them laughed again, I am so angry, when did the master be like this, surrounded by so many people and laughed at

"The four of you, no human beings, ghosts or ghosts, frightened the master, and you are embarrassed to laugh"

"Boss, look, this kid is angry"

The four of them looked at each other

"I'm angry, hahahaha, what a, hahaha"

Let you laugh, I know that I will spread your urine, hum

Maybe they had laughed enough, and the four of them also felt bored, so they stopped

"You kid, dress like a begging for food, today you broke through the bad luck of the grandfathers, came to a place where you shouldn't come, broke the grandfathers' methods, today, you must die here, only to get out of our hearts"

The boss at the head, with a big round face, a small short and fat man, a big beard, and he talked so closely, and the smell of his breath was comparable to that of the old monster

"What bad luck, I drifted here by boat, the night is dark and the wind is high, I just want to touch someone's house to rest, my stomach... I've been hungry all day, and my eyes are full of stars, and if you want me to die, you have to get me something to eat, and if you die, you have to be a full ghost, or I will go to the palace of Hades to sue you, and let Hades send someone to confront you."

Don't ask me why I want to eat, his grandmother's, I actually smelled the aroma of meat, and my saliva came out of my lord's hunger, if I could eat a meal of meat, let alone die, just a few more cuts

"Hey, you kid is really lucky, this area is a mass grave, and you are looking for a home, hahaha, if you don't meet us, I'm afraid you'll let the ghost pull it, hahaha"

"That is, if you die, you have to die, and you still want to eat, no, how can you eat"

The four of them lined up in a row, covering the things behind them, and swaying their heads, they were really lucky, if they hadn't met them, I was afraid that they would have been scared to death by the grave mound