After the pear blossom cold food valley rain, the little lotus came in the summer.

Nian An has been lucky recently, and I don't know what kindness he has sent from the Jushi Building, and the salary he is given has actually increased slightly. The boy was excited about this for several nights without resting. Not only that, Yu Daochang also took advantage of the night yesterday to return the silver that Nian An gave him two months ago.

When asked him why, the Taoist only said that it was because of his mood and did not explain too much.

Nian'an's life has not been good since he was a child, and he is naturally grateful for this help. He told Qiuqiu the news, and the girl suggested that he make a special trip to bring some gifts back to Yu Daochang, which was a thank you and a thank you.

So on the thirteenth day of May, Nian'an took the white meat marinated overnight in autumn and autumn and a pot of self-brewed sake to Qingyang Mountain again.

I don't know why, when I saw Yu Daochang this time, the immortal chief of the young Lang Jue was even more slender than last time, his eyes were deep, the green tendons on his arms were visible, and even the mahogany sword on his back was quietly covered with dark green lines. If it weren't for his peach blossom eyes still shining as stars, the young man would still think that something had happened to Dao Chang.

The Taoist saw that Nian An was not polite to come with braised pork and sake, leaning against a crooked neck tree in front of the Taoist temple, and pinching a piece of meat with his right hand and stuffing it into his mouth. While admiring the deliciousness, he raised his left hand and raised the sake jug high into his mouth.

"Nian An thanked the immortal chief. ”

The mother said that the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, so Nian'an bent down and made a big gift that almost touched his knees.

Sake slid down the throat and into the stomach. Yu Daoren seemed to be spicy, and he coughed twice with a red face. Even the mahogany sword with dark green veins on his back trembled.

"It's spicy...... Nian'an, are you trying to kill me?" Yu Sheng's words seemed to be true, half angry and half laughing, causing the air to become agitated.

The boy was unprepared for such a sudden change, and wanted to explain, but suddenly he couldn't find a good explanation. He subconsciously took two steps back, but a gust of wind for no reason followed the young man's pace from under the feet of the two to the top of his head.

The Taoist waved his hands against the wind for the rest of his life, and the Taoist robe behind him exploded, and even the bun flew apart.

Nian An struggled to open his eyes in the wind and looked at the Taoist, only to see that Yu Sheng's face was torn and distorted by the wind.

The Taoist swallowed, stared at Nian An and laughed wildly: "The iron horse was not dead back then, but now it has turned into a rain dragon." ”

After saying this, his robe waved down, as if the sky had sunk. I don't know if it was because of the burden of the sky, the Taoist's knees couldn't bear it, and he knelt deep into the earth. But he didn't seem to care, he wiped the blood foam from the corner of his mouth with excitement and pain, as if carrying the infinite power of the world around him, and dragged his body to the ground and crawled towards the boy step by step.

A trail of blood dragged out of the gravel floor.

Nian'an's mind went blank.

He stood in place, his fingers twisted together, and he didn't know how long it took him to muster up the courage to open his eyelids.........

Where is the calamity?

The breeze is fluttering and sprinkling, above the sky, the red sun is rising, and its way is bright.

The chief was still standing a few feet away, smiling and sipping half a pot of sake in his hand.

"It's a good wine. The Taoist chief tilted his head to look at Nian An and sang a promise.

A golden sparrow on the tree with a crooked neck on the side that stopped at some point also tilted its head to look at the young man, as if he was making a fuss.

The boy rubbed his eyes vigorously.

It was probably dazzling just now, probably probably.

Yu Sheng put the flask on the ground, walked over and rubbed Nian An's head.

"In the future, every three days in the north of the city, find me a green pebble in the Wei River, okay?" said the Taoist who bent down and whispered in the young man's ear.

Nian An felt that the Taoist chief was indescribably strange, but in addition to curiosity in his heart, there was also a faint intuition urging him to agree to the Taoist's request.

"What's the use of the Taoist with this?" asked Nian An's puzzled mind.

Yu Daoren showed an unfathomable smile, took a few steps backwards with his hands behind his back, and carefully looked at the young man's body before he nodded and said, "Do you have a strange problem of coughing up blood every winter, if you can't cure it, you won't live eighteen years!"

Nian An was stunned at first, and then like a lightning strike. He did have this problem since he was a child, and the doctors couldn't see the reason for it anyway. What's even more terrifying is that his father and mother all died in winter!

Yu Daoren patted him on the shoulder and raised his tone: "So it's a change of life, a change of life!" He straightened up, turned his head to look at the Taoist temple on Qingyang Mountain, and smiled strangely.

The boy clenched his fists and nodded as if he understood whether he understood or not.

"Another questioner came. Yu Sheng squinted.

The little lady from other places under the Qingyang soil slope was looking hesitantly left and right here, as if she was hesitant to count a hexagram. The Taoist turned his hand on Nian'an's back and pushed it, and the young man stumbled forward thirty or forty steps.

"Walk by, but don't miss it, count it as a blessing and a curse, and ask for peace of mind. ”

"Mingirl, it's still ......" The little lady looked at the young and handsome Taoist chief, and her face flushed slightly.

"Then ask for a marriage. The Taoist walked over in three or two steps, stretched out his hand and grabbed the wrist of the little lady with a milky white pendant.

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Since then, every day in the north of the city, after Nian An has treated the water in the trough of the Jushi Building, he will walk for half an hour to the rocky beach of the Weihe River to look for the green pebbles.

This thing is very scarce, and the first time or twice, Nian'an has to find the city gate almost every day, and he has to hit the bang to touch the tiniest one or two under the turbulent river. Fortunately, the Taoist does not seem to be picky about the size of the stone, and every time after Nian An retrieves the pebbles, the Taoist chief will happily reach out and point a little on the young man's eyebrows.

If Yu Dao said that he would not live for eighteen, it would be the first strange thing of the year. On May 20, he and Qiuqiu encountered another strange thing.

The strange old man who has been begging at the North City Gate for a long time, on this day, the rooster came to the door of Qiuqiu's house before he crowed, and kept slapping the slightly dilapidated wooden door.

The wooden door babbled and moaned, making people worry whether it could hold up the old man's crazy palm. So Qiuqiu had to put on her clothes and come out to help the old man open the courtyard door. It didn't take long for Nian An to come out of his yard and come over to help check.

The old man in a dirty white robe was disheveled, and the gray beard on his face almost covered his entire face. Seeing that Qiuqiu helped him open the door, the old man simply sat down on the ground.

Qiuqiu was very patient and squatted down and asked the old man if he was hungry. The old man looked at Nian'an, glanced at Qiuqiu again, and some strange nonsense came out of his mouth.

"When you don't look at the flowers, the flowers and you are silent. ”

"If so, the flower is set outside your heart. ”

Qiuqiu shook her head, signaling that she didn't understand.

But the old man still didn't stop, and what he said became more and more outrageous, what drunk people live, and those who wake up die. What water eats man, fire eats man, man eats man, heaven and earth will eat man.

The girl frowned and looked back at Nian An, with a wry smile on her face.

For as long as Nian An and Qiuqiu can remember, this old man often wanders around the north of the city, carrying a pot of soju from nowhere every day, and talking nonsense to people everywhere. When people asked him why, he was just messing around.

At first, the soldiers or officials who watched the night would handbag the old man for trial, and some would even send the old man to the woods outside the city the next day.

But no matter how far he went, the crazy old man would come back, and every time he would carry a pot of fine fragrant wine.

After repeating this a few times, seeing that the old man was just talking nonsense and not hurting anyone, everyone let him go.

Later, once the old man actually collided with the mount of Chang Qiushi, the fourth son of the Chang family, at the gate of the North City, and the fourth son almost fell off his horse. Just when everyone thought that the old man was going to suffer a big loss, the Chang Gongzi helped the old man tidy up his clothes like a Gu Shi, and took him to a nearby restaurant for a meal. After this incident, Chang Gongzi actually specially ordered people not to hurt this strange old man.

Since then, Chang Gongzi's reputation of being easy and close to the people and Ren Nanhua's noble benevolence have also spread among the people.

As a result, the old man lived more nourished.

With this cause and effect, Nian An and Qiuqiu were not surprised by the old man's nonsense, and the strange thing was that today the old man seemed to be entangled in front of Qiuqiu's house and did not want to leave again.

Qiuqiu decided that the old man wanted to eat, and got up and went to the back room to warm up some of the leftover food from last night and bring it out to the old man.

The old man clapped his hands happily, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he sat on the ground with a bowl and feasted on it. After he finished eating, the oil stains were all over the white beard, Qiuqiu pushed his hair behind him again, and patiently used a cloth to help the old man wipe the oil off little by little.

The old beggar sitting on the ground was so useful that he burped contentedly.

"Girl, I'll teach you how to practice swords?"

Boys and girls understood this sentence, Nian An Xu has encountered a lot of strange things recently, turned her head and glanced at Qiuqiu jokingly, the girl scraped back with her gaze, and spread her hands.

But the old man was really a little serious, and his eyes were burning.

Qiuqiu waved her hand, politely refused.

The old man smiled and was not annoyed, his left hand spun on the ground, propped himself up, and left without waiting for Qiuqiu to help him.

When the old man walked away, Qiuqiu and Nian'an sighed at the same time: "Why did you always encounter such a strange thing recently?"

yes, why do you keep encountering such strange things?

The ancient well under the plane tree in the city is swallowing people again. This is already the third child who fell into the well this month, the government sent a few catchers in the county to investigate the matter, but in the end, they were busy, and came to the conclusion that Qu Bai had rained too much recently, and the old bluestone slab on the side of the well had been polished by the years, and the three children were accidentally fallen. For this reason, the county government also issued a special document to let each family take care of their children.

Towards the end of May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the humidity of Qubaicheng, which is adjacent to Weishui, is heavy, and the overnight wine and food can easily change the taste. Located in the south of the city, the layman building greeted not some third-rate and nine-class mud legs, and most of the people who came and went were caravan owners who paid attention to the arrangement, so Nian An needed to remove more trough water every day, and his shoulders were also sore in the past two days.

But fortunately, the daily errand of going to Weihe to help Yu Daochang find pebbles does not seem to be so difficult.

The green pebbles along the Wei River gradually increase, and sometimes you can find some big ones in the middle of the rocky beach.

Qiuqiu has also been busy recently, squatting in the house all day to do embroidery and blessing knots, and it is very close to the lively and jubilant Puyuan Festival. Therefore, Qiuqiu hopes to do more before the festival.

He also counted on this to help the guy next door improve his food.

The girl's blessing knot is exquisitely designed, and she pays attention to details, and unravels and remakes the slightest mistake, so she is often busy until late at night in the past two days.

Nian'an sometimes helps her when she comes home from the layman's house, but Qiuqiu always thinks he is clumsy, and often drives him back after a while.

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The young man was lying in his small courtyard at this time looking at the starry sky, the night sky was a little busy today, and several night stars that were usually quiet were burning brightly today, dragging the misty fireworks, burning in the deep sky into a ray of light and falling towards the extreme north.

The boy's eyes widened and he kept chasing the night stars, watching them look like the first sun, like sparks, like fluorescents, and finally turn into nothingness.

The Taoist made him not forget to look at the sky that day, but what is in this starry sky?

The Taoist chief joked again today, saying that if he couldn't change his life, he would die a miserable death at the age of eighteen!

After saying this, the Taoist chief was actually looking forward to appreciating and appreciating the young man's downfall.

But there was nothing, the boy just frowned and sighed.

He is very self-aware, he knows that he is born with a bad life, and he can't blame others.

Everybody says that, doesn't they?

It's just a pity, this star will flash a burst of fireworks before it falls, and he will disappear directly into this world before he even bursts with the glimmer of fireflies?

The young man looked at the night, and his afterglow was naturally attracted by the light that was still flickering in the opposite yard, he was not very reconciled, he reached out to the sky and grabbed it, and muttered to himself in his heart: "Should I tell her?"

"Nian'an, come and help me untie this pile of red ropes. The girl muttered angrily as she looked at the young man with an ugly smile on his face on the other side of the wall.

A small paper tube flew over the top of the chai door and jumped and smashed on Nian An's head.

The boy rubbed it, so aggrieved.