"The sunset is infinitely good, but it's just near dusk"

The dusk of Qinghe Town has an indescribable beauty, although it is like the landform and river scenery of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is completely full of the charm of the desert and the sunset, and the sun sets on the long river.

It's already good for a person like him to be able to appreciate the scenery, and composing poetry is simply moaning without disease.

Standing on the boat, Xiao Ru is face is beautiful, looking very comfortable and intoxicated, because the scenery is really good, in Xiao Ru is memory, the sunset of Qian Mountain, and Qinghe Town, there is an indescribable beauty.

At a glance, thousands of miles of flat waves, in the afterglow reflection, in the middle of the Qinghe River, a high platform shaped like a lighthouse, standing by pulling out the water, full of momentum, it seems to be a high platform for lookout, but because of the age, many tiles on it are crippled, and the railing is broken, it is really a pity.

"Alas, cultural relics, why don't you protect them?"

After a while, the boat traveled to the shore, and at a glance, the scenery on the right bank of the Qinghe River was in full view, and sure enough, it was all men, not half a female figure, all of them were pure men who did not have confusing curves on their chests.

The West Town where the man lives, it naturally does not look as eye-catching as the East Town where the woman lives, the distribution of the houses is very messy, and the streets are very noisy, at a glance, there are many drunk people swaying and stumbling on the street, Xiao Ru is eyes are much more comfortable, although the vision is very inconsistent with the plainness of the Taoist concept, Xiao Ru still likes it, in the final analysis, he is also a man, just young.

The sun had completely set, and the streets were sparsely populated, with only drunks swaying and groping their way home.

At the end of the street, a seven-year-old boy with his hair tied up and dressed in a light blue cloth beckons to the drunk, shouting "Daddy, come back, home, over here"

Seeing this warm scene, Xiao Ru, who has cultivated the Tao for 18 years, felt something.

"Master is right, family affection is indeed the most beautiful relationship in the world"

But time is not allowed to be wasted, he can't be overly emotional, what he has to do now is to find out Li Bailu's whereabouts as soon as possible and go to have a full meal, otherwise, he will really starve to death at the end of the street.

I remember when I was a child, Master Mo Liufeng taught me the art of Bigu, and Mo Liufeng at that time patted his chest and promised that he could rest assured, if he practiced the art of Bigu, he would not starve, even if he didn't eat for three years, he would still be a man."

Later, Xiao Ru did practice according to Mo Liufeng's instructions, but in the end, he got nothing but to lose himself into a dry piece of firewood.

"Li Bailu, Li Bailu"

"Li Bailu"

Xiao Ru kept chattering under the corners of his mouth, and began to walk into the long street, if he couldn't find out about Li Bailu quickly, let alone eat a full meal, even sleeping, it was a problem, and he couldn't stay in the bridge cave overnight.

He suddenly felt that he was the most failed Taoist priest in the world.

After laughing at himself for a few words, he began to ask the drunk about Li Bailu's news, but he didn't know whether the drunk was intentional or unintentional, and he couldn't spit out a clear word for a long time, so in desperation, Xiao Ru could only ask the child.

"Little brother, I want to ask you about something" Xiao Ru, who had never drunk alcohol, naturally couldn't stand the drunkard's drunken smell, so he bypassed the drunkard, bowed down to look at the child, and asked with a kind face.

"No, don't ask, I won't tell you if I ask" The child looked naughty, and tilted his face to not look at Xiao Ru directly.

"You're a little ghost, you're so naughty when you're only seven or eight years old, if you're older, you'll have it."

"Hmph, you are a stranger, my father said, you can't talk to strangers, you leave quickly, I'm going home too" said that the child went to help his drunken father, and after supporting him, he took a step and walked in the direction of home.

Now that it's dark, there are few pedestrians on the streets, and if you miss a child, you may never meet anyone again.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ru was panicked all of a sudden, all the way, sleeping in the wolf's den, staying in the bridge cave, he was really fed up, no matter what, he must find Li Bailu tonight.

"Master said that if you find Li Bailu, you will be able to eat enough"

"Hey, hey, little brother, don't go, I have something for you"

"What" The child turned his head abruptly, and looked at Xiao Ruis with a little pitiful fingers, hoping that the shabby Taoist priest in front of him could give him a new gadget.

Xiao Ru was empty-handed, and his ten fingers were clearly placed in front of the child and said, "I'm going to give you a very interesting thing, but you have to answer me a question first."

"Hmm"

The child replied categorically, without the slightest hesitation, and stared at Xiao Ru is hands with two eyes, wanting to see what strange things would be conjured in those hands.

"Then, my question is, do you have a person named Li Bailu in Qinghe Town?"

"Ah" The child's face turned pale all of a sudden, his pupils constricted, and he looked frightened, which made people look creepy.

"What's the matter, little brother, you don't want to tell me"

"He, he's dead"

"What, die... Dead" Xiao Ru was surprised at the same time, a burst of loss stirred in his heart, he couldn't find Li Bailu, he must be sleeping on the street or sleeping in a bridge hole tonight, he was a Taoist priest with a dignified money, how the scenery was infinite at that time, I really couldn't imagine that he would end up like this.

"He... Anyway, he's dead, I'll tell you, hurry up, don't you still have something to give me" The child looked at Xiao Ruis with some angry eyes, and didn't speak for a long time, he was telling Xiao Ruis with his eyes, and deceiving him would not end well.

Xiao Ru naturally will not deceive a child, as a young man who has just been crowned, he has to establish a good image for his juniors.

"Don't worry, I won't lie to you, saying that there is something for you, naturally there is" Xiao Ru is two hands began to tremble, ten fingers rose and fell, as if dancing in the air, suddenly, "flutter" sound, Xiao Ru is blowing breath between the palms, a magical phenomenon happened, white smoke came out of the misty white smoke between his palms, and after the white smoke dissipated, there was an extra bell in the palms.

The bell is made of bronze, beautifully made, and the engraved pattern is beautiful, which is the best of the bells.

"Here you go, take it"

"Hmph, bell, I thought you were going to give me something magical, hmph, you liar"

The child is even more difficult to serve than the emperor, he doesn't care about the bell in Xiao Rusi's hand, he glances at Xiao Ruis with disdain, and says, "Dad is right, strangers, liars, they are"

The child held his father, who was drunk into a puddle of mud, turned the corner of the street, and walked into the deep alley home.

"You, you ignorant little devil..."

Xiao Ru was also speechless, originally planned to say some vicious words and curse well, but after thinking about it carefully, it was better to give up, after all, he was just a seven-year-old child, and he was scheming with the child, wouldn't it seem that he was also a child.

"Hmph, I'm an adult"

Then, he cast his eyes on the bronze bell in his hand, at this moment the cold moon rose, the moonlight was like frost, shining on the bronze bell, it can be seen that it is a very ancient and special bell, but even if the bell is old, it can't solve the pain of hunger, if you can't eat enough tomorrow, Xiao Ru plans to find a pawnshop to pawn it, in exchange for some small money.

"Bell, bell, I don't want to be hungry all the time, so when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, I have to sell you"

"Bronze bells, very valuable," he comforted himself.

"Hey"

Just as Xiao Ru is sigh fell, a call came from the corner of the street in front of him, and he looked through the moonlight, and a figure stood there.

It's the child who just left.

The child looked at Xiao Han, shook his head and said, "Alas, you Taoist priest is also quite pitiful, Li Bailu is dead, but at the end of this street, in the Yuan Shi Temple, there is his grave, you can go to visit and visit, but you have to remember that when you enter the temple, you must first shout Yuan Shi Tiangang's life, otherwise you will have to worry about your life."

With that, the child disappeared into the night.

His eyes were locked on the position where the child was standing just now, Xiao Ru was speechless for a long time, and the child returned the same way to tell him, whether it was good news or bad news, he himself didn't know.

"Useless nonsense, do I still have to expect a ghost to give me a full meal, alas, find a bridge cave to sleep in"

Feeling a little cold, he tightened his belt and the buttons on his robe, and his body gradually warmed up.

With trembling teeth, he stepped away to find a bridge where he could sleep and shelter from the wind.

"Ah, no" He suddenly remembered one thing, the master said, the spirit rune was to be handed over to Li Bailu, and there was also that bag, which could only be opened after seeing Li Bailu, although the person was dead, but the master's entrustment could not be changed, since it was a dead person, then it should be treated as a ghost, and the spirit rune was burned in front of Li Bailu's grave, which was also regarded as the completion of the master's request.

"Okay, that's it"

With a plan, Xiao turned around, followed what the child said, and walked towards the end of the street.

It seems that the child did not lie, at the end of the street, there is indeed a Yuan Shi Temple, the temple model is very grand, the momentum is extraordinary, but unfortunately because of the disrepair for a long time, there are traces of decay in many places, under the moonlight, the three words of Yuan Shi Temple on the plaque in front of the temple door are extremely deserted, in addition, because the cold wind is whining, blowing the pine trees on both sides of the temple gate and constantly swaying the needles, it is really a little gloomy.

The moon is deserted,

In the moonlight, on the dead branches, the night crows crow.

I remember that the child just said that before entering the temple, he must shout three times about Yuan Shitiangang's life, otherwise he will worry about his life.

Looking back now, Xiao Ru's heart straightened and began to think about whether to go in or not.

"Do you really have to shout three times Yuan Shi Tiangang's order to get in, hum, what are you kidding, I'm a Taoist priest who has a view of money and two rituals, and I'm afraid that the little ghost won't succeed" After muttering to himself, Xiao Ru had words in his mouth, and started to walk into Yuan Shi Temple, what he said in his mouth was not what the child said "Yuan Shi Tiangang's life" but the ghost avoidance spell taught by Master Mo Liufeng.

"Strange, why build the tomb in the temple"