Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 22
After suffering, Zhu Yuanwai can't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thinks back on his unscrupulous deeds.This heart-stirring speech is more useful than any preaching. Since then, Zhu Yuanwai has changed his past mistakes and started to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.Since then, the Zhushi rice line will open several porridge sheds regularly every season to help the poor people in urban and rural areas.However, his deeds won him the name of a "good man", and the rice business business was more prosperous than before.After that, not only the poor people, but even the noble local gentry admired him quite a lot, and took care of his business on weekdays.I don't know if good deeds are rewarded with good deeds, but Mr. Zhu Wencai, who was often referred to as an elm head by Zhu Yuanwai, turned out to be a successful scholar and became a well-known Confucian scholar in Poyang area.But the young man woke up and said that all the hard work this time was not in vain—from then on, the old Zhangtou came to Zhu's Rice Shop to buy rice again. Give him extra points every time, man.

It may be that in the days before the demon was subdued, Zhu Zhai was disturbed by the elm demon, and the whole family was worried all day long.Now that the serious trouble in his heart has been eliminated by the master and apprentice, the head of the family, Zhu Yuanwai, can't be overjoyed?At that moment, he warned the old Taoist that the two of them would do everything possible to keep them, saying that they wanted to hold another banquet!
Unexpectedly, the old and the young, after experiencing the panic just now, have become frightened birds at this moment, and they all feel that this Zhuzhai is a place of right and wrong, and it is not suitable to stay for a long time.Hearing the word "banquet", the old Daoist Qinghe insisted on resigning, afraid that something strange would happen again.Therefore, the old man and the young man spoke in unison, resolutely bid farewell and left.Zhu Yuanwai couldn't do everything possible to keep him, so he had no choice but to give up, and took the whole family, young and old, and sent the two of them out of the gate.

When the two of them returned to the street and saw the blue sky and white sun again, they immediately felt reborn as human beings.Now the old man and the young man feel that the noisy citizens coming and going on the street in front of them are very kind and lovely today!

When he turned a street corner, Xingyan saw that the old Dao Qinghe who had been walking as usual suddenly leaned softly against the dirt wall next to him, and his originally solemn and stable face suddenly grinned.I only heard the old Taoist shout:
"Oh! It hurts me to death! Wake up and take a look for me, have four or five of my ribs been broken!"

"Uh... so old Daoist, you have been suffering from pain just now! Looking at you like that, you still seem to be okay. Let me tell you, I was so hurt by the stool monster, old daoist, your body is—"

Before the young man could finish his teasing words, he was stopped by the old Taoist: "Ahem, you brat! You still have the heart to argue with me at this time—— Ouch! Please help me quickly, I'm afraid my ribs are really broken! Already!" "Well, let me have a look!"

Xingyan said so, but he stood still and didn't move. He just took a casual look at the old Taoist body and said, "Oh! After looking at it, the old Taoist's ribs are not broken." "Ah, really? Can't you see?" It turns out that you brat has a lot of weird ways, so you can see it at a glance." The old man solemnly praised the young man's ability. "...Old Taoist, stop pretending! If you really have broken ribs, can you still walk here calmly? Do you want me to help you or carry you back, just tell me!" Clearly.

"Ahem, sure enough, the old man is right, Xingyan, you are really understanding - I can't move a step now, and I am going to trouble you..."

"Okay! Don't you just let me recite it! Why do you say it so ugly, really!" The bickering returned to the bickering, and he helped the old man on his back, carrying him to the place of good fate go.As he was walking, he woke up and said, "I said, old man, you have to hurry up! With your body, you can't afford another fall—huh?

Old Daoist, why do you only hold my shoulder with one hand? "Boy, you don't know, I have more important things to do with my other hand!" "" What's the matter? "

"Grab the money bag that Zhu Yuanwai gave you!" "...Old Daoist, you are really a money fan. Don't say I didn't warn you, if you don't grasp it firmly and fall down again, your ribs will really be broken! ""Don't be afraid! Ribs can be broken, but purses can't be lost!" The tone is firm, and it can be seen that this veteran of the Shangqing Palace has a strong belief.

After walking for a while with the old Taoist on his back, Xingyan felt a little pain in his waist again, and couldn't help but think of the thrilling scene in Zhu's house a long while ago.Not long after, he couldn't help breaking the silence again:

"I'm old-fashioned, that stool just now... tell me, how can there really be monsters in this world?" It can be seen that Xingyan still has some lingering fears.

"Uh! This..." This time the old man didn't tease Xingyan for being timid, but said to Xingyan in a serious manner:

"Xingyan, in fact, there are many weird things in this world, but we haven't seen them before—even if we haven't seen them with our own eyes, we can't easily deny the existence of those absurd things."

"For example, the autumn worm in the local area, which only lives in summer, obviously doesn't know that there is winter snow in this world. If there is a supernatural power to create a snowflake for it to look at, it will feel very strange. As the saying goes, 'no matter what happens, nothing happens. "There may be", in fact, this "unreasonable" is just that we mortals do not know it. If there is something in the world, there must be a reason; It is these unknown truths, or it is also known as the 'Day of Heaven'. And those seemingly magical Taoism methods are often low-level."

Seeing that Xingyan didn't say a word, but listened intently, the old Taoist became more interested in talking, and then said, "Xingyan, just take the wooden stool that became a demon just now, it's actually not out of reason - all things age, Absorbing the aura of heaven and earth for a long time may become a monster after a long time. Or the things in the house can become monsters if they are more energetic. This is easy to understand, and there is nothing to blame. The latter."

The words of the old Taoist are completely different from the teachings of Ji Lao's pedantic private school in Ji's private school, but they sound reasonable, and he is fascinated by the wake-up words.Relishing the words of the old man with relish, Xing Yan always felt a little weird, but he couldn't think of what was wrong for a while, so he continued to move forward with his head sullen.After another dull moment, Xingyan suddenly shouted: "Old Dao!" This sudden voice startled the old Dao Qinghe who was leisurely riding on the boy's back. "What's the matter?"

The frightened old Taoist asked dissatisfied. "I said Qinghe, Dao, Chang, are you really just an errand from the Shangqing Palace?" Xing Yan's tone did not seem to be joking, he almost stuttered every word, speaking very seriously. "Uh... hum!"

"You brat! How many times do you want me to say that?! Of course I am not a handyman. I am an expert in the Qing court who came to enter the world to practice. Look at how skilled I am in divination for shamans and asking for water to clean the house. ! How profound is the Taoism!"

The old Taoist seemed to have been greatly wronged, blowing his beard and staring. "Really?"

The boy asked back, still full of doubts. "That's right! Old Daoist, I'm a child without deception, and I'll tell you what I have to say!" The old Daoist said this confidently, without blushing or beating his heart. "Hmph!" Xingyan was very dissatisfied when he saw the old Taoist spirit, and stopped talking to him.

The old and the young just kept silent and hurried on their way.After turning two more streets, I came to the door of the good fate of the old Taoist.When he reached his own land, the old Taoist Qinghe woke up and came down clumsily on his back, and let out a long breath:

"Phew! I'm back again at last! I really escaped death this time. From now on, I'd better not do this frightening thing!
"Well! At least a year off!... Half a year? Okay! Just half a month! I need to take a good rest during this half month. Ha!"

At this time, the old Taoist stared at the money bag with burning eyes.Apparently it was the golden Huang Jin purse that made him change it again and again during his rest time.

"Here, I'll give you half of it!" When it was time to share the spoils again, the old man was generous this time. "Huh? Isn't it Sanqi?" It was obvious that the young man was used to being exploited by the old way.But the old man is confident:

"Scary! What are you talking about! I am also a sensible person. I want to perform in front of people. It is a technical job, so of course I have to take the lead! ——This time is the same!... Uh, I was negligent, the old man, It seems that you are the only one who let us escape this time!"

But at this time, Xingyan had forgotten to make excuses.Looking at the first big income in his life in his hands, he couldn't help but shine his eyes!
After a while he seemed to be thinking of something, the brilliance in the boy's eyes suddenly dimmed; he put the money carefully into his arms, woke up and told Qinghe with a serious face:

"I said, old man Qinghe, don't come to me again next time this kind of thing happens. Who knew that the errand work of these two bastards would be life-threatening!"

It seems that Xingyan is still far away from the state where the old man wants money. "Ahem... Let me say Xingyan, you are still a young man, just like a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, why are you not as good as a bad old man like me?" - The aggressive method.But the young man retorted: "Yes, I am cowardly, not as brave as you old man. Anyway, I will not do it in the future anyway. I have to save this life for my parents to take care of." "Uh... Since Xingyan you said so, I will not force the old Taoist. But the old Taoist is not only a man of one word, but also a person who knows how to reciprocate. Today’s Zhuzhai matter, Xingyan, to my old Taoist, you can be said to be life-saving ——” At this point, the old man stopped and muttered a few words there, but he didn’t know what to say, but he seemed to have made a great determination, his expression was dignified and solemn, and his posture seemed to be always laughing and joking. After a painful struggle in his heart, Lao Dao finally made a life-threatening decision.However, Xingyan now sneered at his pretentiousness: "Hey, I'm old-fashioned, don't do this again! It's just 'I used to coax people who sell sugar, but I don't believe in sweet people from now on', let you do whatever you want today." I just don't believe it, kid!" However, facing the young man's ridicule, the old man's reaction this time was a bit abnormal.Not only did he ignore Xingyan, he also quietly looked at the southern sky for a while.There was silence for a while, and then the old Dao Qinghe sighed in the bleak autumn wind:

"This matter, those who know me really say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want... Go ahead! This time you saved me, and the old Taoist made an exception this time, and passed on your school's treasured education— —”

"Huh?!" The young man who was transforming himself into an iron heart, suddenly heard the old Taoist say that he would give him the treasured book of the Shangqing Palace - wake up to this heart, and immediately raised his throat, pricking up his ears to listen to the following .I just heard the old Taoist Qinghe from the Shangqing Palace say: "Today I Qinghe, I will pass on Zhang Xingyan to your Shangqing Palace's treasured book—"Shangqing Sutra"!" Covered half of the sun.As a result, the splendid world in front of him seemed to suddenly darken!
(End of this chapter)