"What's wrong with you, little brother Li Ge?" Ma Xinghua frowned when she saw the young man enter the house, stood in place, and took a few steps forward and asked.

"No~ nothing. Li Ge shook his head, walked to the screen with a heavy face, and glanced at the child lying on the bed. It was a little girl of about six or seven years old, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, the corners of her mouth were slightly shaking, and her faint voice was telling nonsense that was completely incomprehensible.

"Piao'er, wake up, I'm my father. Wu Ju on the side of the bed looked at the little girl on the bed with a sad face.

"Brother Wu, come and ask me to check his pulse. Lige walked to the side of the bed, whispered, and then sat on the edge of the bed and took the little girl's wrist and pulsed. After a while, the young man let go of the little girl's hand and hurriedly asked, "How many days has this child been sick?"

"My Piao'er has been sick for three days, little brother Li Ge, you see what medicine can cure her, we have to buy it even if we are bankrupt. Ma Xinghua said this, grabbed the hand of her father-in-law beside her and cried bitterly.

"Three days? Then there is still salvation, I will go and invite my master to come, he will definitely be able to save this child. After Li Ge said a word, he ran out of the house in a panic.

"Little brother Li Ge, haven't you taken your wine and cooking cakes yet?" Wu Ju shouted when he saw the items that the young man on the table on the side chased to the door.

"I'll get those things when I come back later, and I'll go and get my master first. As the words fell, the young man's elegant back disappeared outside the gate of the martial arts.

In the middle of the laurel forest, there is a flat land about one acre in size, and a tall stilted building is built on the flat land. This stilted building has a main hall and three small rooms, and there are two small bamboo buildings at right angles next to the building, one for bathing and the other for kitchen.

Two meters away behind the small bamboo building, several uneven boulders form a circle, and there is a mountain spring in the middle of the clear spring water, and a white-haired old man in a blue robe is standing on the boulder with a wooden barrel.

"Why haven't you come back yet?" said to himself, carrying the bucket and walking towards the kitchen. When he walked to the edge of the small bamboo building, he saw a young man with empty hands running towards him, stopped and scolded, "Little rabbit cub, where is the wine you bought for Lao Tzu?"

"Something happened, Master, come down the mountain with me. Li Ge hurriedly ran to the master's side, his face full of panic.

"Unfilial things, for the teacher to teach you for so many years, isn't it just to drink some wine? What about my wine?" The old Taoist priest put down the bucket violently, and directly raised his legs to serve the young man.

"I bought the wine, but I was too anxious when I came back just now, so I put it at Brother Wuju's house. The young man said anxiously, "Master, you can go down the mountain with me." ”

"Wu Ju, is it the Wu Dalang who sells cooking cakes?" Lai Laodao's face returned to normal, and he reached out and patted the dust on the apprentice just now.

"That's right, Master, it's Brother Wu who sells cooking cakes. The boy nodded hurriedly and agreed.

"Oh~ Tell me, what's going on at his house?" the old Taoist priest picked up the bucket and walked straight to the kitchen.

"Didn't I go to buy you wine today, when I came back, I happened to meet Brother Wu, he said that the child at home was sick, and the doctor couldn't find out the cause, so I thought it was strange and asked him to take me to see, but who knew that after arriving at his house, I noticed a very heavy ghost. The boy followed the master and recounted what had just happened in the town.

"Oh~ Then do you see something?" Walking to the kitchen, the old Taoist priest put the bucket in his hand on the ground casually.

"Didn't I tell you just now, Master, there are ghosts in Brother Wu's family. The young man saw that the master beside him had a calm face, and his heart was full of anxiety.

"Stupid thing, is that all you see?~ It seems that I have taught you for more than nine years, and all of them have been taught in vain. Lai Laodao looked at the panicked Li Ge and sighed, walked to the door, raised his sleeves, and pretended to cry bitterly: "Master! I'm sorry for you, I've wasted more than 20 hours in Ningshan County, and I actually taught you such a waste apprentice." ”

"Old fellow, every time I make a mistake in drawing a talisman and chanting a spell, I come to this trick, it seems that your surname Lai is not wrong at all. When the young man saw this sudden scene, he muttered to himself for a while, but with a smile on his face, he walked to the door and said, "Master, you are a master of the world, I must have thought of you as soon as I encounter these evil demons and monsters, if you get rid of that ghost, won't you have free cooking cakes to eat when you go down the mountain in the future?"

"Fart, Lao Tzu is rare for that cooking cake? Look at you, Lao Tzu has taught you for more than nine years, and you have to come to me for a little shit, can't you solve it yourself?"

"But Master, I've never caught a ghost when I'm so old, I'm worried about ......" At this point, the young man paused.

"Ge'er, you have been studying the Tao for nine years, and you also know the techniques of our cloth cloth faction, with your current ability, not to mention the ghost cultivation that is too harmful, ordinary ghosts can't help you. Lai Laodao's face changed, and he said in a ci voice, "There is a first time in everything, this time the matter of the Wuju family will not be taken by the teacher for the time being, and it will be handled by you. ”

"I knew the master, so the disciple prepared and went down the mountain. The young man nodded, looking at the old face of the master, and his eyes showed a firmness.

"Don't worry, I'm going to accompany Master after lunch. Lai Laodao stroked his apprentice's head, looked at the apprentice in front of him, who was already taller than himself, suddenly his face changed, and he reprimanded sharply, "Stinky boy, don't hurry up and set up the dishes and chopsticks." ”

"Hmm~" has long been accustomed to the old man's yin and yang weird temper, Li Ge responded obediently, and immediately ran out with two pairs of chopsticks.

"Come on, gnaw this chicken leg. At the dinner table, the old Taoist priest put the two chicken legs in the apprentice's bowl.

"You eat, Master, every time you eat chicken, you give me your legs. Li Ge was holding the chicken leg and was about to put it in the master's bowl, when he was suddenly knocked on the head by the old Taoist priest with chopsticks.

"If you want to eat, you will eat, where is so much nonsense. After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he ate it with a chicken neck, and said while eating, "Today is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and when you finish dealing with the affairs in the county, we will go to Ziwu Town for the New Year." ”

"Okay Master!" Hearing the old man's words, the young man's face showed joy, he took the chicken leg in the bowl, opened his mouth and bit it.

After lunch, the old man lay on a bench in the hallway, his expression full of contentment and leisure, and after the boy finished washing the dishes, he walked out of the kitchen and stood in the hallway.

"Ge'er, do you remember the three taboos of our cloth faction?" Lai Laodao burped and said with a leisurely face.

"I remember. The young man walked up to the master and said in a straight voice, "Don't be in a hurry, be calm in the face of things, and don't be too anxious." Second, avoid dryness, meet the usual place, do not be angry for some reason. Three jealousy, treat the enemy normally, and never be disturbed by hatred. ”

"Go down the mountain, remember these three taboos, I believe that things in the county town will not be difficult for you. The old Taoist priest yawned, lay on his side on the bench and stopped talking.

"Then I'll leave Master. The young man nodded firmly, went back to the room to clean up, walked out of the room with his gray Qiankun bag on his back, saw the old man lying on the chair and snoring 'huh~hu~', shook his head with a wry smile, and went down the mountain alone.

After the young man's figure disappeared into the laurel forest, the white-haired old man on the bench stood up, he looked up at the sky and muttered, "It's not too small, it's time for him to break in on his own." ”