"What's wrong with you, Master?" After the ghost and spirit body dissipated, Li Ge couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Master looking at the street behind him with a puzzled face.

"Follow me. Lai Laodao, who was in doubt, heard the words of his apprentice, and immediately moved backwards, and after galloping a few steps, he stood on the side of a small side street and looked at it, and the puzzle on his face became even stronger.

"Master, have you found anything?" Li Ge glanced at the small side street with wide eyes, and saw that there was nothing unusual in the dark little side street. He reached out and scratched the back of his head, and said, "Nothing." ”

"Let's go in and have a look. Lai Laodao carefully glanced at the street, and then led the apprentice into the street.

The street is only half a foot wide, and on both sides of the street are the back walls of the town's houses. On the side of the road, some wooden waste furniture and bed boards are discarded at random.

After walking two storefronts into the street, the master and apprentice saw a black cat sleeping on a scrap wooden cabinet lying on the ground by the faint moonlight. After walking a few more storefronts, we came to the end of this side street.

"Master, you also have a time to look away. Li Ge stood by a small river at the end and teased the master. But as soon as the words came out, he regretted it a little and hurriedly took a few steps back. Because he knew the strange character of the master, his words would definitely attract a few fingers or a few kicks.

"Let's go, Ge'er, let's go back to the alley we used to be. Lai Laodao sighed, didn't pay attention to Li Ge's actions at all, and walked forward with his hands behind his back.

"Did the old guy take the wrong medicine today?" Li Ge hesitated as he looked at the figure of the master walking farther and farther away, and muttered, and then quickly chased after him.

In the helpless waiting, the night passed quietly. That night, except for the yellow ghost, there was no vision, and the master and apprentice returned to the inn dejectedly at dawn.

"Knock~knock~" At noon, when the master and apprentice were eating in the room, Huang Zhixian's knock sounded in Dudu.

"Oh, Master Li, thank you. After Li Ge opened the door, Huang Zhixian saluted him with a smile on his face, and then happily walked into the room, bent over to Lai Laodao, and said, "Master Lai, thank you for taking action to eliminate the catastrophe for our Pujiang Town." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lai Laodao paused when he heard this, then got up and asked, "Could it be that there were no dead people in this town last night?"

"Yes, Master Lai, the tragedy that lasted for more than 40 days stopped last night, and I am here to kowtow to you on behalf of the residents of the town. After Huang Zhixian finished speaking, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Geer. Seeing this, Lai Laodao called his apprentice lightly. Hearing this, Li Ge hurriedly helped Huang Zhixian, who was kneeling on the ground, up.

"Master, you said we ...... last night" After Li Ge helped up the county official, he looked at the master suspiciously, but was stopped by the old Taoist priest in the middle of his words.

"I don't think this matter is so simple, my apprentice and I didn't encounter any evil demons and monsters in the town last night, did you really find out that no one died tragically last night?" Lai Changsheng looked at the county official Huang suspiciously and asked.

"After finding out Master Lai, although Pujiang Town has a large population, it is not difficult to investigate. As usual, I asked the servants to inquire in the town this morning, including the beggars and the solitary families in the town, and I asked them to check them one by one, and there were no murders. ”

"Master, do you think it's really possible that the ghost we killed last night did it?" Hearing that there was no murder in the town, Li Ge breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately looked at the master and asked.

Lai Laodao did not answer the apprentice's words, but sat aside and pondered for a moment, and then said to Huang Zhixian, "Okay~ I know, you go back first." Our master and apprentice will not leave for the time being, and you still instruct your servants to inquire in the town every day these days, and if there is any tragedy in the town, you will notify me in time. ”

"Okay, that night, I won't disturb Master Lai and Master Xiao Li for dinner. Huang Zhixian bowed down and bowed, and then exited the room.

After Lai Laodao muttered to himself on the side, he immediately picked up the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Come and eat." ”

"Master, you still said that it wasn't the ghost last night, you see that if we destroy that ghost, it will be nothing to happen today. Sitting down, Li Ge took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

"Stupid thing, I'm too lazy to explain to you, hurry up and eat, I'll go to meditation for Lao Tzu obediently after eating, and we'll go to patrol the streets at night." Lai Laodao angrily reprimanded his apprentice, and then stopped talking.

Time flickered and it was night, and after nightfall, there were still only two masters and apprentices on the silent street, and they walked from the street to the end of the street, and from the end of the street to the street, and before they knew it, the night had passed again.

At noon that day, when Huang Zhixian came to the inn to see Lai Changsheng's master and apprentice, he informed him that there was no tragedy in the county town the night before.

In the midst of confusion and incomprehension, the master and apprentice lived in Pujiang Town for more than a month. In the past month or so, two people have died in the town, but neither of them was tragically killed by digging out their hearts, but from natural diseases.

At this time, it was already the wax moon, and a winter snow covered Pujiang Town with a thick layer of white quilt, Lai Laodao sat in front of the window and looked out the window at the white expanse, feeling melancholy in his heart.

"Master, what are you thinking?" the apprentice handed a cup of hot tea to Lai Lao Dao, looked at the snow scene outside the house, and said, "It's about to be the New Year again, and the plum blossoms in the thaumaturgical pavilion should be blooming now." ”

"The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and the edge of the sword comes from the sharpening. This year, you have grown a lot with me, and you have grown a lot. After the New Year, it will be the year of Jiachen, and you are also nineteen, there are some things I have to explain to you, and there is another place I will take you to. Lai Laodao took the teacup and looked at the apprentice with a smile on his face.

"Master, what are you going to do?" Li Ge asked curiously, sitting beside Master.

"You're in a hurry, you'll know next year. Lai Laodao scolded, held the hot teacup and blew on it, and said, "By the way, you can go home tomorrow, get together with your parents, and return to the thaumaturgy pavilion after the third day of the new year." ”

"Master, are you really not going back with me? I'm still thinking of staying with you in the Misty Mountains for a few days. ”

"Don't go back, I plan to go to Lingnan this year to celebrate the New Year with your Aunt Xuanying. When Lai Lao said this, he couldn't help but sigh again and said, "It's just this matter of Pujiang Town, I always feel that it's not so simple." ”

"Master, it's been more than a month, and there haven't been any tragedies in the town, so I don't think you should think about it. ”

"I don't want to, let's go~ Ge'er, Master will take you to have a good meal today. Lai Laodao patted the apprentice on the shoulder, put the teacup in his hand on the table, and then led the apprentice downstairs.

The next morning, when the snow was falling, a carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn, and Li Ge reluctantly hugged the master tightly, tears streaming from his eyes. He has been following Lai Changsheng for eleven years, and he has never been separated for a long time, and now this parting is at least a month, no wonder he is like this.

"Little rabbit, let's go, it's not like I can't see Lao Tzu, crying hammer." With tears in his eyes, Lai Laodao stretched out his hand to pat the snowflakes that fell on his apprentice.

"Then I'll leave Master. Li Ge wiped the tears from his eyes and got into the car.

The carriage galloped away, Lai Laodao stood on the side of the street, looked at the ruts on the road, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, his face was firm, and he whispered to himself: "It's going to be the year of Jiachen soon, Master, you can do what you told back then." ”