[The prodigal son laughs in the mad sand]

Part One: Deep Mountain and Ghost Valley

Chapter 10: The master and apprentice live in Lijiazhuang again, and the mysterious guest smashes the millstone.

It is said that the old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi led the little boy out of the Qingyuan River Ancient Town, and they, the old and the young, walked to the "Lijiazhuang" in the mountains.

The old Taoist stood on the trail leading into the mountain village at the east end of the village and was filled with emotion. Looking at the small village surrounded by mountains, and then looking at the bloodshed and all the ugliness of human cannibalism in the world, the old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi felt a chill in his heart.

The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi looked at the clear mountains and green waters, the green trees and the overgrown weeds on the roadside. He looked up to the sky and sighed and said to himself: "There are too many killings and too many evil obstacles in the world! What evil!" Lao Dao Xuan Zhenzi said softly. At this time, the little boy followed Lao Dao and scratched his hair, wondering why. The two of them, the old one and the young one, walked to the gate of the big car shop one after another.

Old Daoxuanzhenzi led the little boy into this big yard. As he walked, old Daoxuanzhenzi looked around. The seven or eight large wooden carriages parked on the east side of the yard when he came last time were gone. And to the west, the seven or eight large wooden carriages parked there were gone. There are four horses in the livestock pen tied with wood on the side, some are red, some are white, and some are yellow and purple. The very special carriage on the east side still attracts the old Dao Xuan Zhenzi. The carriage was parked quietly. The many copper ornaments inlaid on the body were very attractive. The carriage was riveted with hundreds of large copper rivets. The whole body of the carriage was covered with copper rivets and copper plates. The main parts of the carriage and carriage were Thick copper plates were added to the load-bearing position for reinforcement. The Taoist priest led the little boy to the front of the copper carriage. Just as he was about to walk over and take a look, the door of the main room on the north side "creaked..." and a man walked out of the room. The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi was happy when he saw it.

It turned out that the person who came out of the house was the shop assistant with a special appearance. The little boy saw the person and burst into laughter. He did not dare to laugh loudly and could only cover it with his dirty little hands. Mouthed, the old Dao Xuan Zhenzi turned around and glared at the little boy in displeasure. The little boy was too busy to be happy anymore.

At this time, the store clerk came out and saw two people walking in the middle of the courtyard, an old man and a young man. An old man led a little boy. "Hey!" Isn't this the old man who walked last time? Why is he back again?

The shop assistant was murmuring in his heart, but he still greeted me with a smile and walked forward cheerfully.

"Master Tao,

Long time no see!

Why are you back so soon!".

The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi held an iron whisk in his left hand, raised his right hand and touched the goat's beard, and he felt happy.

The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi hurriedly replied:

"yes,

Pindao,

Come back when you're done."

The store clerk looked at the dirty little boy next to the old Dao Xuan Zhenzi. He saw this child wearing begging clothes and a little beggar. The store clerk hurriedly stretched out his hand and said:

"Hello!

I said this Taoist Master,

you you…

Why did you get a little beggar?".

The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi O(∩_∩)O Ha! He was so happy that he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said hurriedly:

"yes,

I picked it up from the ditch beside the road!

I see this child is starving to death!

Then I took him to a restaurant and had a meal.

Seeing that he was helpless, we prepared to take him back to the mountain!".

The store clerk looked at the veteran Daoxuan Zhenzi and stretched out his fingers and said:

"good,

As expected of a monk,

Kindhearted!

Saving one life is worth a thousand blessings!

Daoye,

House please!”.

The store clerk hurriedly made a "please" gesture with his hands.

The shop assistant walked up to the old man, and then the little boy carefully observed the shop assistant. He had a short figure, a pointed head, and no hat. He had a cow dung bun on top of his pointed head.

Bald eyebrows, a pair of little bitch eyes, small black eyes, big white eyes, high nose bridge, pointed nose, toad mouth, big chin, two small mouse ears, sloping shoulders, some chicken breasts, casserole belly, bandy legs, and pigtails When walking, the knees push outwards and the toes move inward. When walking, they sway three times, sway nine times, like a duck pulling three times. They look like they are in their thirties, with a small goatee. She swayed her two little bandy legs.

The Taoist priest looked at the shopkeeper and replied happily:

"Infinite Buddha,

Pindao,

I hit the tip

!Stay one night!

It will be dawn tomorrow,

I will go up the mountain and go back to the temple to watch!”!

The veteran Xuan Zhenzi joked humorously while walking inside. He walked past the shop assistant in a few steps. Only then did he see clearly that the shop assistant was wearing a blue coarse cloth button-up top with a slanted placket and a stripe around his lower body. Wudalang-style apron, wearing long trousers underneath, but wearing leather large shoes on the feet, and a towel on the left arm. Is it green or white, is it gray, is it gray, but if I look closely, it turns out that it has not been washed. , a tattered towel that was neither green nor white, and he was picking at the big snot in his nose as he walked to the right.

After the Taoist priest read it, he was very bored. Hey! How could a shop assistant dress like this? But when he looked at him, his eyes were bright and there was an invisible murderous look in his eyes. The Taoist priest was also deeply puzzled.

The shop assistant turned around and caught up with the old man and said hurriedly:

"Well,

This Taoist,

house please,

Do you want to live in a single room?

Or is it tiled?".

The Taoist priest hurriedly replied:

"I'll stay in the single room in the backyard like last time.

Be quiet!".

After the old man finished speaking, he had already reached the door of the room. As soon as he opened the door, it creaked, and the old man led the little boy directly into the house...

The little boy behind the old man walked into the room and looked around curiously. It turned out that this was a middle room, with a large room on the east and west sides. In the middle room, there was an old-fashioned counter to the north, the paint was peeling off and it was not very clean. Standing inside the old-fashioned counter was the accountant. This man was over five feet tall, with a big head, big eyes, a big face, a nose with lees, a catfish mouth, three wisps of beard, a body that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and was dressed in blue or blue. , wearing a straight and wide long coat of black or black green cloth, wearing a square scarf on his head, standing at the counter with his head lowered, his left hand on a ledger and he opened a page casually, and his right hand held a large abacus and was looking at it. There was a "crackling" sound, and when I heard the door ring, I quickly raised my head to take a look.

At this time, the clerk shouted from behind, "Someone is staying in the hotel!" When the clerk heard that these two people were staying in the hotel, the clerk asked in a low voice:

"This Taoist Priest,

Do you want a small room?

Or Tongpu?

How many people are there?",

The old Taoist Xuan Zhenzi hurriedly slapped his head and said:

"Pindao, the two of us,

Returning from Qingyuanhe Town,

It's getting dark soon,

It’s hard to walk at night!

Make a tip in your shop,

I

Is the room you stayed in the day before yesterday still available?

Let’s set off back to the mountains tomorrow morning!”.

The accountant was very happy when he heard this and said hurriedly:

"No. 3 from the left in the back room lives.

Number one is empty,

You can live in number one!

Three small square coins."

At this time, the Taoist priest didn't say anything. He took out three small copper coins from his pocket and put them on the counter.

The accountant hurriedly reached out and picked up three small coins and put them into a jujube wood box on the counter. Then he raised his head and said loudly to the shop assistant behind Lao Dao: "Small room No. 1 on the left in the back room!". At this time, the shop assistant did not know.

At some point, I took out a large bunch of keys and tied them to a disk-shaped thing. When I moved my hand, they made a "clattering" sound.

The store clerk hurriedly said:

"Well,

This Taoist,

Please come this way,

Let’s go to the backyard”!.

Old Daoxuan Zhenzi turned back to the little boy and said: "Let's go! Go to the backyard!"! Old Daoxuan Zhenzi led the little boy and followed the shop assistant out of the room and came to the courtyard. The little boy looked around curiously. Old Daoxuan Zhenzi

Mako had lived here last time and knew that it was a double courtyard. The three of them walked along the west side of the house, walked to the wooden wall on the west side, and walked to the corner inside. After the store clerk finished speaking, he walked outside.
To be continued...