Chapter 21 If life is like clouds, the iron tree blooms all over the spring

"Lord Qibing, under the surname Lu Zhan Zi Jingduan, ten years ago in high school Jinshi secondary. If the career is smooth, the official position should not be low. The man sighed and began to reminisce about the past: "That year, I was a junior high school jinshi, and I was about to return to my hometown in great joy. On the occasion of parting, five or six friends from the same classmates traveled for me, and there was a happy gathering by the Qinhuai River. I was drunk and hazy, and I played and sang a song to myself on the flower boat, to the applause of everyone. When I went back, I fell asleep, but when I woke up, I was already in a strange courtyard of the deep house, only to see two big men standing at the door, but there were dozens of graceful women in the courtyard, who were practicing with musicians.

Just as I was wondering, an old man with a cold air suddenly walked in, looked at me with slanted eyes, and said in a light tone: 'From now on, you will stay here to write lyrics and compose music, and you don't have to go back!'

I was astonished and asked, 'Who are you?' How can you say such a thing?

The old man didn't speak, but took out an iron plaque engraved with red letters from his body.

When I saw it, I felt bad, because it was nothing else, but it was a Danshu iron coupon that only princes and nobles could have! I shouted: "You private prisoner official! Knowing the law and breaking the law! The blue sky is white, and you are not allowed to do it!"

The old man took a piece of white jade again, and with a flick of his fingers, it turned into powder!

My heart trembled, and I said, 'You...... You want to scare me?'

The old man's face was grim: "You just accept your fate, compose a thousand songs honestly, and let you go back." ’

I argued: 'Don't think about it! I will never do it! I would rather be broken than destroyed!'

The old man's eyes showed a fierce light, and he snorted coldly: 'If you don't want to, you can hang yourself by hanging yourself!' I will throw your body on the street, let the wild dogs bite you, and keep it without anyone asking!'

I stood still for a long time, and had no other recourse, so I had to give in.

Since then, I have been trapped in the hospital for two years without leaving the house. Later, I was really sad, and I couldn't help but shout: 'If you want to compose a good song, you must touch the scene!

Not long after, the old man covered in cold air came again. Unexpectedly, he agreed to my request this time, but sent two people to follow me: 'You are responsible for taking care of Mr. Lu, and let him come and go in the capital, as long as you can compose a song for five days, don't restrict his behavior.' ’

Since then, I've had a better life. It's just that the two of them follow closely and have high skills, and I have never been able to find a way to escape.

And so many years passed. Until May of this year, I became a confidant with a fortune teller. One day, he chatted with me for a long time, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "In the afternoon pear orchard, Kunqu opera is pleasant." ’

I didn't understand what he meant, but I could see the depth of meaning in his eyes.

There is a large opera garden in front of the Confucius Temple, where various operas are often performed, and I have been there many times before.

When I went in that day, I was playing "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace". I was sitting in the back row, listening in fascination, when suddenly someone handed me a cloth bag, and when I turned my head to look, it turned out to be a fortune teller. He whispered, 'Put on a mask, put it on, and walk quickly.' ’

I looked around and didn't see the two of them, so I lowered my head and put on my mask and slowly walked out of the theater.

The two people who were in charge of staring at me were standing outside the door, and it turned out that they couldn't bear the sadness of the opera, so they hid outside and guarded. They didn't recognize me, and they looked at me and turned their heads away.

After a month of tossing and turning, I finally returned home.

But when I got home, I realized that things were already wrong, not only did my parents die, but my mother was also ...... It's gone......" said with tears streaming down his eyes as he took out a mask from his bosom.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er listened to it for a long time, and felt sorry for him in their hearts.

Ye Haotian looked at the mask and felt that it was well-made, as if it was similar to what he had used.

Lan'er couldn't bear it in her heart and asked, "Where is Mrs. Zun?"

Lu Zhan looked dazed: "When I came back, there was only one old family member at home, deaf and dumb, and gave me a letter with tears on it, which turned out to be a message from the lady: 'The warbler and the tears on the branches, the old cry between the new scars, the fish and birds in the spring, and the soul of the thousands of miles of mountains and dreams...... I searched for three months, and there was no trace of her, but I didn't know what happened to her. Now I am disheartened and desolate! Alas!"

Ye Haotian comforted him and said, "Don't worry, maybe your lady is still alive and well." I'll look it up for you. As he spoke, he took out the turtle mirror and said, "What's her name?"

Lu Zhan looked at him suspiciously: "Madame's surname is Xie, and her maiden name is Lingchan." ”

Ye Haotian held up the turtle mirror with one hand and entered the skill, and wrote the words "Xie Lingchan" on it with the other. Soon a nun with long hair appeared in the mirror, sitting alone in the meditation room and knocking on the wooden fish.

Lu Zhan also saw it, trembling all over his body and didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing him to perform the spell.

Ye Haotian looked at it carefully for a while, and finally said, "She is in Donglin Nunnery." ”

Lu Zhan was ecstatic in his heart at first, and then his face was like dirt, and he muttered in his mouth: "Donglin Nunnery, why is it Donglin Nunnery! How is this good!" After being stunned for a long time, seeing Ye Haotian's puzzled look, he explained: "There are 100 nunnery in Jiujiang Mansion, and the one with the greatest reputation and the most difficult to enter and exit is Donglin Nunnery. According to local legends, for hundreds of years, no man has been able to enter the nunnery, and no female nun has been able to come out to return to the world! What are you saying? There is an Izumo god nun in Donglin Nunnery, who has been practicing for 800 years and has become an immortal. She was very strict in her choice of disciples, and all her disciples had to swear an oath when they entered the Shamen: 'Once you enter the Shamen, you will never look back!' If you want to turn back, you will not ...... Unless ......'"

Lan'er hurriedly said, "Unless what?"

Lu Zhan said: "The water is full of Donglin Nunnery, the fire burns the heavenly magic stone, the iron tree blooms, and the stone fish is in the world!"

Ye Haotian didn't understand, and asked, "What is the Heavenly Demon Stone, what is the Stone Fish, and where is the Iron Tree when the Iron Tree blossoms?"

Lu Zhan sighed with a sad face: "I was born and grew up in Si, and I often hear people talk about these words. The Heavenly Demon Stone is an extremely hard stone not far from Donglin Nunnery, shaped like a witch, its image is indecent, it is difficult to damage a single bit with a knife and an axe, and it is said that it must be burned by fire to get rid of it. Stone fish is a kind of small fish produced in the Shimen stream of Lushan Mountain, the body length is inch, it is light black, dried to golden yellow, it is said that eating can prolong life, increase strength, it is the treasure that the cultivator does everything possible to find. Unfortunately, it was extinct 500 years ago. The iron tree refers to a large iron tree planted in front of Donglin Temple, which has not bloomed for 800 years. Donglin Nunnery is located on the side of the Xunyang River, which is much higher than the river, and it is even more impossible for the water to flood the Donglin Nunnery!"

Ye Haotian thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, let's give it a try." Seeing the other party's incredulous appearance, he smiled slightly and said, "Brother Lu, please wait, let's go out and see if we can find the stone fish." As he spoke, he found a deep vase, tied it with a rope, and then called Shanglan'er to walk out, out of the yard, and soon came to the Shimen Stream in Lushan.

Not far from Shimen Stream, there is a large waterfall. After the rain in spring and summer, the stream water splashes, the waterfall pushes the stones and rolls the trees, and the sound booms for dozens of miles.

When he came to the waterfall, Ye Haotian first saw a poem by Hanshan engraved on the stone wall: "Ten thousand incense burner peaks, a group of nine rivers water; "Looking up closely, the waterfall rolls down like a thousand horses galloping. He used the Tongling Baoyu on his chest, walking back and forth by the stream, and Baoyu was always quiet and did not move. After walking two or three miles downstream, still not finding anything, he wondered in his heart: "Could it be that the stone fish is really extinct?"

Back to the waterfall, Ye Haotian looked at the top of the waterfall from afar, and said to Lan'er: "Let's go up and have a look, maybe there is a heavenly pond there!"

Lan'er's heart perked up when she heard this, and she immediately followed him and got up.

Standing on the top of the mountain, looking around, there is indeed a Tianchi of dozens of zhang size in front of it, but the side is steep and narrow, and there are no green trees to cover it, unlike the top of the wild goose swing suitable for human habitation. Seeing this scene, she was a little disappointed in her heart.

Ye Haotian walked a few steps by the Tianchi, and suddenly felt that the Tongling Jade was hot. He was happy in his heart, and he hurriedly searched everywhere, and after searching for a long time, he found a group of stone fish in the rock crevice in the northwest corner, with a body length of about an inch, pale black, and about a hundred. He crushed a pill and put it into the vase, which was immediately full of aroma, and then held the rope in his hand, slowly sinking the vase into the water, gradually approaching the fish. The fish soon smelled the fragrance and scrambled to swim into the vase for the elixir inside. He lifted the vase lightly, and found that at least fifty had been caught, and felt that it was too much, so he put some back, leaving only more than twenty.

Lan'er looked at the way he caught fish very interestingly, and said with a smile on the side: "Childe is tyrannical and destroys heavenly things!

Ye Haotian said with a smile: "The stone fish is too small, and it has a spirit surname, so it can't be caught with a net, so it has to be like this." Let's go, let's go back and make a bowl of stone fish soup and try it. ”

Lan'er looked at him with a smile and praised: "It's really blessed to follow Childe!"

Ye Haotian patted the Tongling Baoyu and said with a smile: "The Nine Heavens Artifact, isn't it the same?"

When I returned to the city, as soon as I arrived at Lu's house, I found Lu Zhan walking around uneasily at the door.

Ye Haotian beckoned him into the courtyard and put the vase on the stone table: "Brother Lu, please take a look." ”

Lu Zhan was stunned after just one look: "This ...... This...... It really looks like it's a stonefish, and the gentleman found it all at once?"

Ye Haotian comforted him and said, "Brother Lu, don't worry, since the stone fish is there, there is great hope for finding Mrs. Zun." Let's try the stone fish soup first, and then we will go to Donglin Temple. ”

While speaking, Lan'er had already walked quickly towards the stove room, lit the fire, put water in the pot, and put in ** stone fish. She thought about it and put some millet and stewed it slowly for half an hour, but instead of stonefish soup, it became stonefish porridge.

Each person served a bowl, and the taste was extremely delicious.

Ye Haotian saw that there were still some in the pot, so he asked Lu Zhan to eat them all.

After eating, Lu Zhan felt a fever all over his body, and it seemed that there was a breath of qi running around his body.

Ye Haotian passed on a simple qi conduction mantra to him: "Brother Lu acts according to the law, which should be of great benefit." ”

Lu Zhan guided carefully, and in less than half an hour, he felt comfortable all over his body, and it seemed that he had endless strength. He walked into the courtyard and lifted the stone lion squatting at the door, but he didn't expect to lift it! The stone lion was two or three hundred pounds, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Ye Haotian praised: "The stone fish is indeed a rare holy product! Brother Lu's skill is already equivalent to ordinary people practicing martial arts for twenty or thirty years. ”

"Really?" Lu Zhan was surprised again.

Ye Haotian lifted the vase and said with a smile: "Let's go, go to Donglin Nunnery." ”

Lu Zhan was busy leading the way.

Out of Jiujiang Mansion, only to go not far to the Xunyang River, along the river, the first to see the Heavenly Demon Stone. It was a pale red stone, the image was like a girl [***], but there was a silver look between the eyebrows and eyes, no wonder the nuns in the nunnery looked unpleasant, and set up the rule of "burning the sky magic stone".

Lan'er had already turned her head crimson.

Ye Haotian praised: "Such a beauty, born beautiful, but she was jealous of the old nun and had to destroy it." What a pity!" he said, reaching out and touching the stone statue's arm.

This move had already been seen by Lan'er from the corner of her eyes, her face was slightly angry, and she said coquettishly: "Childe, what are you doing?"

Ye Haotian smiled slightly and said, "This is a peculiar piece of jade, only jade can be so hard. If it were an ordinary stone, I would have turned into powder with half a point of force, but this piece would have left only a trace with two points of effort. ”

Lan'er was a little relieved, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the son is looking at the stone!"

Lu Zhan approached to take a closer look, and found that there was indeed a two-minute deep mark on the stone, and he couldn't help but secretly admire.

"Brother Lu, please get out of the way. Ye Haotian lightly sent out a fire mark at the jade. The fire shrouded the six-foot-tall jade statue, and the jade statue melted like a candle, retreating from the thick layer outside, leaving behind a solemn jade Guanyin, green in color, about three feet high.

At this time, Ye Haotian faintly heard a rich female voice in his ears: "Save my Dharma Body, get out of the evil realm, on the book of public morality, the Buddha's heart is 100,000." He didn't seem to understand, but he didn't know where the voice came from.

At this moment, Lan'er was surprised to find that Ye Haotian's body was shrouded in a faint layer of Buddha light, which seemed to suddenly increase the sense of sacredness.

Lu Zhan also noticed it, and only felt a shock in his heart.

Ye Haotian asked Lan'er to hold the Jade Guanyin and continued to move forward.

After a while, the three of them came to a large nunnery, and the sound of chanting came from the nunnery, and the Sanskrit chanting was melodious, and the green smoke was curling, showing an endless scene of prosperity. In front of the door, there is an iron tree that is three feet high, and its green leaves hang down from above, hiding half of the nunnery in the shade.

Ye Haotian put his hand on the trunk of the tree, and carried the supreme "Spring Breeze and Rain Divine Skill", slowly urging the vitality of the iron tree, the tea kung fu, the top of the branch began to bloom buds, and then five or six branches on the front and back and left and right spit buds at the same time, slowly, a bunch of flowers on the flower branch began to bloom, exuding a strong fragrance, and the smell was intoxicating.

Seeing this scene, Lu Zhan was completely stunned.

Lan'er also felt admired: "Childe has made rapid progress, a thousand miles, but I didn't expect to be so diligent!"

Ye Haotian withdrew his strength, walked to the back of the nunnery to inspect, and found that there was Xunyang River behind him. It just so happened that the river was surging, and the water surface was less than two feet from the wall of the nunnery. He sent a watermark to the river, and the river rose three feet higher out of thin air, and rushed up to the wall of the nunnery.

At this time, Lu Zhan stepped forward and knocked on the door of the nunnery with great excitement.

When someone opened the door, and was about to answer, he suddenly saw the white flowers on the tree, and he was stunned for a while, turned his head and ran in, shouting loudly as he ran: "The iron tree has bloomed, master, the iron tree has bloomed!"

Soon a solemn old nun came to the door, clasped his palms together and said: "Amitabha, I have finally waited for this day!" said kneeling on his knees, worshipping the jade Guanyin in Lan'er's hand, and stretched out his hands: "My Buddha is merciful, Guanyin has won the bet!"

Lan'er put Guanyin into her hand.

The old nun held it like a treasure, and looked at the three of them with hope.

Ye Haotian knew that there was still one thing missing, so he took out the vase and put it in front of Lao Nun.

Lao Ni looked down and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Three of you, please come with me." As he spoke, he turned around and entered the hermitage.

There is a shallow lake in the nunnery, and the water has risen so much that it has flooded the stone monument by the lake. Standing on the edge of the lake, the old nun poured the stone fish from the vase into the lake.

The three of them only felt inexplicable.

Just in his doubts, he suddenly saw a waist-thick white snake swimming out of the crack in the stone, and the depth of the lake was just enough for it to swim freely. The white snake chased the stonefish and swallowed it in its mouth, and then its body coiled and twisted.

The old nun shouted: "Evil obstacles, the time has come, if you don't leave now, when will you wait?"

When the white snake heard this, it suddenly turned into a white light and flew into the air, gradually conjuring up the appearance of a white horse.

The old nun said to the nun beside him: "Donglin Nunnery will be closed from now on! The thousand-year-old catastrophe is coming, so you should go your separate ways." He said to Lu Zhan again: "Your lady has not lost her hair, you take her back, so that you can live a good life." Ye Shizhu is a strange person, as long as you follow him, you will be famous in three or five years!"

Zhongni and Lu Zhan fell to their knees.

Lao Ni sighed: "After staying here for 800 years, now that the mission is over, it is time to go back." He said that he held the jade Guanyin in his hand, stepped on the dragon horse, and left.

The nuns have prostrated and worshipped the Buddha's name.

Lu Zhan looked around looking for his wife, and his heart was very anxious.

Finally, he saw a long-haired woman coming slowly, although ten years had passed, the lady's figure and appearance had not changed much, but the person looked thinner, her face was pale, and she could imagine the deep torment that parting had brought her.

He shouted from afar: "Lingchan!"

Mrs. Lu turned her head to see him, and suddenly fainted, and the person fell to the ground.

Lu Zhan stepped forward with an arrow, took her in his arms, and kept shouting, "Lady, lady, I'm back! Open your eyes and see, I'm back!"

The nun next to her listened to the master's instructions and knew that this was the first person to come to the door to find his wife in hundreds of years, so she couldn't help but be surprised in her heart and sighed and retreated.

Lu Zhan waited for a while and didn't see the lady wake up, he looked at Ye Haotian helplessly, and prayed, "Please help me take a look." ”

Ye Haotian took three steps closer, sneaked into the spring breeze and rain**, and quickly made up for Mrs. Lu's extremely weak heart and spleen.

After a while, Mrs. Lu woke up, stroked her husband's face with her hand, and cried: "Xianggong, is it you? Is this true? I'm not dreaming, are I? Why haven't you come back for ten years?"

Lu Zhan burst into tears, choked up, and said, "Lady, it's me, I'm back, I'm finally back, you're suffering." ”

Lan'er watched from the side, her nose was sore, and tears almost flowed down.

Ye Haotian sighed in his heart: "The Nine Yin Sect is really evil, the whole wife is separated, and the family is ruined, why is it?"

It wasn't until Lu Zhan and the lady hugged each other and cried for a long time that he spoke: "Brother Lu, sister-in-law, come to Fang Chang, let's go home and talk about it." ”

Lu Zhan helped the lady up and said gratefully: "If it weren't for Brother Ye's help, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen the lady for the rest of my life." Great kindness and great virtue, never forget. ”

Mrs. Lu listened to Xianggong's words and also saluted.

Ye Haotian remembered that he had increased his 100,000 Buddha heart out of thin air, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Help others and help yourself, everyone has their own gains, and I am also stained with Brother Lu's light." ”

The four of them slowly returned to the Lu Mansion, and Ye Haotian and Lan'er stayed in the front yard to drink tea.

Lu Zhan and his wife went into the inner house to complain to each other, and they both walked out an hour later. The long-lost joy finally returned to their faces, and everyone was filled with smiles for the rest of their lives.

Ye Haotian smiled: "Brother Lu, I want to buy your house, you can't change your words." ”

Lu Zhan looked at his wife and said resolutely: "If my brother likes it, I will give it to you." ”

Lan'er pulled Ye Haotian's sleeve: "No, a gentleman doesn't take people's love, let's find another place." ”

Ye Haotian shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I just like it here, and I want to use a bigger house to exchange it for Brother Lu." ”

Lan'er was stunned for a moment, not knowing where the big mansion he said was.

Lu Zhan and the lady didn't understand what he meant, they just watched quietly and waited for him to continue.

Ye Haotian rolled his eyes and said, "I want to ask Brother Lu and Mrs. Lu for a favor, I don't know if you are willing?"

Lu Zhan said: "As long as I can do it, I will never refuse." ”

Ye Haotian said: "You will definitely be able to do this." I would like to ask Brother Lu to take office as the prefect of Jiujiang on my behalf, and live in the prefect's house with his wife. ”

Lu Zhan waved his hand again and again when he heard this: "This is a big crime of bullying the king, you must not do it, besides, my appearance is unsightly, those demons are looking for me." ”

Ye Haotian said: "Brother Lu wears a mask. I had seen it carefully, and it was a well-made mask, an ordinary appearance, and would not attract attention, and the prefect was above the temple, and no one dared to look closely, so there was no problem at all. ”

Lan'er clapped her hands and applauded: "Childe can be Mr. Lu's master in turn, and there will be no flaws." ”

Lu Zhan was still waving his hand: "It's not possible, that's not possible!"

Ye Haotian explained: "The prefect's work is extremely heavy, and if I am trapped in office, I will not be able to go out to investigate the enemy and eliminate the demon, so I must ask my brother Tai for help." In a crisis, you can take off your mask and let me take on your example. Saying that, he asked Lu Zhan to put on a mask, and he gradually changed his skeletal muscles, becoming extremely similar to Lu Zhan who wore a mask.

Lu Niangzi was still witnessing the magic for the first time, and she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

Lu Zhan had already comprehended Ye Haotian's supernatural powers, but he was not surprised.

After pondering for a moment, he felt that it seemed feasible, so he said, "Please sir elaborate on my experience, I will not show flaws when I remember it." ”

Ye Haotian changed his name to catch the exam, and went to Ren Yueqing to tell about it in general, and finally did not forget to take out 100,000 taels of silver tickets from the Qiankun bag and handed it to Mrs. Lu: "This is the money to buy a house, please take it." ”

Lu Zhan and the lady insisted: "The grace of saving your life has not been repaid, how can I ask for your silver again?"

Ye Haotian said: "Take it." If you don't need it, you can help the poor later. You see, I still have quite a few silver tickets here. As he spoke, he took out a stack casually, no less than a million taels. Lu Zhan looked at it before accepting it.

At this time, it was getting late, so I had to rest first.

Lu Zhan asked Ye Haotian and Lan'er to stay in the inner house, and he and his wife went to the guest room to rest.

Lan'er entered the house and looked at it, and said, "Childe, I want to change the decoration of the bedroom again, the furniture here is old, and I need to add something." ”

Ye Haotian echoed: "Okay, since it's a home, of course it should be more comfortable, and I'll go buy it with you tomorrow if I'm free." Saying this, he suddenly laughed and said: "Lady, it's getting late, let's go to chuang to rest." ”

Lan'er listened to him call her a lady, and she didn't feel a heat in her heart, sitting on the edge of the bed, bowing her head and fiddling with a lock of long hair.

Ye Haotian stepped forward, gently hugged her fragrant shoulder, and stroked her soft pink neck with his hand, Lan'er felt that her whole body was soft, and her body fell on his knees, looking at him with confused eyes. Ye Haotian gently held up her delicate body, lowered her head and kissed her warm lips. Lan'er's body trembled, her hands tightly wrapped around his neck, and one of his hearts could be heard pounding. This is the first time that the two hearts are so close, and the mandarin duck playing in the water behind them is suddenly full of endless temptation.

After being confused for a while, Lan'er suddenly said dreamily: "Childe, I want Ming Media to marry ......"

Ye Haotian knew that if he couldn't do this, Lan'er would leave a permanent regret in his heart, so he ran the Confucian Haoran righteousness for a week, his heart was full of peace, patted her shoulder, and said softly: "Rest early." I'm going to practice for a while. ”

Inspired by Haoran's righteousness, Lan'er, who fell on the bed, sat up soberly, and said with a blushing face: "Gongzi Xie has pity." ”

That night, the two of them sat quietly in alchemy as before, but their hearts were warmer, and there was no trace of loneliness.

The next morning, Lu Zhan and Ye Haotian went to the prefect's yamen to take office, while Mrs. Lu and Lan'er stayed at home. At this time, Lan'er returned to her original appearance, showing a peerless elegance, and even Mrs. Lu was stunned.

Mrs. Lu sighed and said, "My sister and Ye Gongzi are really a good match, are you married?"

Lan'er shook her head and said, "It's just engagement." ”

Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "Our custom here is that engagement is similar to marriage, and many people live together when they get engaged. ”

Lan'er blushed and hurriedly changed the topic: "Sister, let's go out for a walk and add something to the house by the way." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled a little worriedly: "My sister is so beautiful, when I go out like this, I'm afraid that a group of people will follow behind." ”

Lan'er used her skills to gradually become dull.

Mrs. Lu admired it in her heart and said, "My sister and Ye Gongzi are both immortals, and I don't know how to cultivate this skill." ”

Lan'er said: "Sister, don't worry, I'll teach you a little basic exercises when I go back, and I will make some progress in cultivating slowly in the future." As he spoke, he gave her a tonifying qi pill.

Mrs. Lu took it, and after a while, she felt that her body had changed a lot. The original feeling of weakness suddenly disappeared, although the person was still so thin, the divine light in his eyes had increased a lot, and he seemed to have increased a lot of strength between his gestures.

The two of them went out to the busiest street in the city and were immediately attracted by the dazzling array of goods. Mrs. Lu usually said that she didn't go out of the gate, and she couldn't go to the second gate, and Lan'er didn't go shopping very much. Both felt fresh.

Along the way, Lan'er bought a lot of things, mainly carpets, wallpaper, calligraphy and paintings, and bedding, which people would send to their homes. Looking back, Mrs. Lu didn't buy anything.

Mrs. Lu said: "If you want to come to the prefect's house, there is no shortage of these things. ”

Lan'er is right to think about it.

As he was walking, he suddenly found a group of people in front of him, and when he got closer, it turned out to be a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl sitting on the ground, with a delicate face and a tear-stained face, and a piece of paper was placed in front of him, which read: "Sell yourself to bury your father, it costs twenty taels of silver." ”

Several scoundrels stood next to them and used foul language, and some even moved their hands and feet. The onlookers on the side said, "What a sin." But no one dared to stop him. One of the young men dressed in fancy clothes said, "Little girl, I will give you ten taels of silver, you can go with me." ”

The girl looked up at him, and saw that he was acting frivolously, and she hesitated in her heart to agree, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, the little woman needs twenty taels of silver." ”

The young man screamed: "Ah, it's too little! Ten taels of silver is enough for the uncle to spend several days in Shaolin after the eighties." If I don't pity you, five taels is too much!"

The scoundrel next to him was even more coaxed. The young man saw that the girl did not agree, and immediately sprinkled it, and shouted: "I'm just watching here, see who dares to pay twenty taels, who dares to buy the person Uncle Ben wants?" As he spoke, he found a chair at the stall next to him and sat down.

Lan'er couldn't stand it anymore, so she stepped forward and said, "Sister, come with me." I will not treat you badly. So saying, he took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to her.

The girl took it in her hand, tears flowed down her eyes, she looked up at Lan'er, and felt that she looked dignified, so she said, "When I bury my father, I will go back with Miss." ”

Lan'er looked at her very pitiful and said, "I'll go with you and help you." ”

The girl got up to leave.

Six or seven people next to him suddenly gathered around. I only heard the playboy shouting: "Oh, hehe, there are really people who don't take me seriously!" said and moved horizontally in front of Lan'er, "Do you know who Uncle Ben is?

Lan'er's face turned cold, and she scolded: "Get out of the way, if you want to stay alive, get away!"

The playboy didn't get angry but laughed: "I'm still a hot woman, ugly, and has a big temper." ”

Lan'er was annoyed in her heart, and stretched out her finger to tap at his Yin Tang acupoint. In just a moment, the kid "plopped" and sat on the ground, in a trance, salivating in his mouth, and he thought that he suddenly had epilepsy. Lan'er raised her hand again and flicked a few fingers quickly to the few people around her, and those people were like electric shocks, and immediately hugged their arms and cried for their father and mother.

Lan'er took the girl and Mrs. Lu out of the street, followed the girl to a dilapidated small room, and after entering, she found a Confucian student in her fifties lying on the bed, with a pale face, who looked like she had been dead for a long time.

The girl looked at the Confucian scholar and cried bitterly. Mrs. Lu was merciful in her heart and had already recited the scriptures.

Lan'er stepped forward and put her slender fingers on the veins of Confucius, but she felt cold in her hands, and after a long time, she felt her ruler veins move slightly. She wasn't sure, and after touching it for a while, sure enough, the depths of the ulnar vein would fluctuate once in a long time. She was puzzled, and turned back to the girl and said, "Don't cry yet, wait for me to sit quietly for a while, and see what is the best plan." After speaking, he sat down next to him, released the Yuan Baby, and flew to the prefect's yamen. Her Yuan Ying has been cultivated to the size of three feet, and because of taking the Immortal Grass, the Yuan Ying already has a fairy energy, and there is only a trace of shadow. Yuan Ying flew through the air, and soon saw Ye Haotian and Lu Zhan discussing with a group of officials.

Ye Haotian had already discovered her, got up and said to Lu Zhan: "My lord, I have a small matter to go out for, so I will retire for the time being." He bowed his hand to the officials on the side, and then walked out, following Lan'er's Yuan Shen to the dilapidated small house.

Mrs. Lu felt a little strange when she saw Ye Haotian entering from the outside, and she didn't know how he found here. When the girl saw the stranger come in, she shrank back a little, and then found that he was dignified and upright, and knew that he was not a bad person, so she was relieved.

Lan'er stood up and pointed at Confucius: "Childe, this person's ruler vein is still there, and my skills are insufficient, please see how to save it." ”

The girl's mouth opened wide in surprise.

Ye Haotian stepped forward and touched the veins of Confucius, and said after a while: "This person's heart, liver, spleen, and lungs have been extinct, and it can be said that most of them are dead, but a little innate true qi is still supporting." ”

Lan'er looked forward to it and said, "Childe can have a way to save him?"

Ye Haotian said to the girl and Mrs. Lu: "You guys go outside the door for a while, I can't be disturbed by others when I perform the spell." ”

The two obediently walked out.

Ye Haotian took out an immortal grass from the Qiankun Tips, covered it with the door of Confucianism, and brought up the spring breeze and rain to encourage his vitality. After the tea effort, the qi of the five internal organs of Confucianism slowly recovered, and the atrium resumed fluctuation. Ye Haotian took back the immortal grass and continued to urge the spring breeze to turn into rain**. After a while, Confucius opened his eyes and sat up, exclaiming, "Oh, where am I?"

When the girl standing outside the door heard this, she immediately rushed in, crying with joy: "Dad, you are alive! As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to the two.

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