Chapter 41 Chapter Thirty-Nine

The man picked up Master Tuo like a child, and turned around twice, looking excited and excited.Even Master Zhang Yao looked a little infected from a distance. This is a childlike innocence! The man put Master Tuo down, and the two of them walked towards the thatched cottage shoulder to shoulder. It was only when Zhang Yaoye got closer that he could see the appearance of the person who came, it was actually a thin and wizened old man in his fifties! Not a pantheon? Master Zhang Yao was a little dazed, and a thought flashed in his mind: "Wan Shenxian is no longer alive?" The old man also looked at Master Zhang Yao with doubts in his eyes, but Master Tuo's face was still glowing with excitement.

"Are you here with Tuo Guan?" the shriveled old man asked. Master Zhang Yao was taken aback, and said, "I came with him." Then he pointed at Master Tuo. The shriveled old man was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately reacted and said, "Oh, he is Tuo Guan. You don't know his name?" Master Zhang Yao also reacted, and said, "Xiao Bai only told me that his name is Master Tuo." The old man was taken aback for a second, but then he burst out laughing and said, "Hehe...this bastard dares to be called Master Tuo. Hehe..." Master Tuo beside him didn't understand what the shriveled old man was laughing at, so he echoed it with a grinning expression.

Zhang Yaoye said: "We are here to find the Ten Thousand Immortals." When the shriveled old man heard this, his face immediately darkened, and he said coldly, "Wan Shenxian is dead! He has been dead for many years!" When Master Zhang Yao heard this, he lost his mind and said to himself, "Dead? What's the matter? What's the matter?" But the shriveled old man said: "Just send Tuo Guan back to me. I will take good care of him. Go back and tell Tuo Zhengjiang to pretend that he never gave birth to this son." The old man's expression became more and more indifferent.

Master Zhang Yao was confused and said, "Who is Tuo Zhengjiang?" The old man was also confused and said, "You don't know Tuo Zhengjiang?" Zhang Yaoye said, "How do I know Tuo Zhengjiang?" The old man was even more puzzled, and said, "Then Tuo Guan?" Zhang Yaoye said: "He passed by my door in the middle of the night, and I took him in." The old man immediately gritted his teeth and said, "You're a sinner! Why did Guan Guan have such a family in his life? Our Guan Guan is really pitiful." Then he went up and held Master Tuo's head on his chest, with a serious expression on his face. So distressed and caring.Master Tuo also leaned his head on the old man's chest, looking up at the old man eagerly, quiet and docile, like a child who has been wronged outside.

The old man went on to say: "It would be nice if you came back. Fortunately, someone took you in. Otherwise, you may not be sure what you will suffer outside! You can follow me from now on. I won't die of hunger and you won't die of hunger." Master Zhang Yao didn't know what the old man was talking about at all, his mind was completely confused like a paste. Said: "I really came to find Wanshenxian, and I have to take Master Tuo back in a while." The old man hummed, looked at Zhang Yaoye carefully and said, "Are you going to take Tuo Guan back?" Zhang Yaoye said: "Yes! Xiaobai said that only if he brought Master Tuo to find Wanshenxian, Wanshenxian would agree to help us!"

The old man's expression immediately became alert, and he said, "Which Xiaobai?" Zhang Yaoye became anxious and said: "I don't know which Xiaobai she is, Xiaobai is Xiaobai! Anyway, she asked me to bring Master Tuo to find Wanshenxian. Who are you from Wanshenxian?" The old man had a bad temper and said to Mr. Zhang Yao: "You don't care who I am from the gods. I ask you which Xiaobai?" Zhang Yaoye was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, and said: "Xiaobai is Master Tuo's wife, she asked me to bring Master Tuo here." The old man stared at Zhang Yaoye, as if he wanted to see some flaws in Zhang Yaoye's face.At this moment, Master Zhang Yao realized that the old man's eyes were almost identical to Master Tuo's.The coldness has an irresistible penetrating power, such eyes seem to be able to see the heart of the other party at a glance!

Seen by the old man's eyes, Master Zhang Yao couldn't help but shivered. The old man finally said: "Are you from Woniu Village?" Master Zhang Yao was surprised again, and said, "How do you know?" The old man said, "Don't ask so many questions. Tell me first, are you from Woniu Village?" Master Zhang Yao was even more surprised, and said, "Yes!" The old man paused for a moment, and murmured to himself: "It seems that the old master is indeed a prophet! Something big happened in Woniu Village!" What the old man said made Mr. Zhang Yao even more stunned and said in his heart: Is this old man also a god?

Zhang Yaoye said, "How did you know that something happened in Woniu Village?" The old man said, "Don't ask me any extra questions. I'll make dinner right away, and after dinner I'll take you to find Wanshenxian." Zhang Yaoye was overjoyed and said: "The gods are not dead?" The old man said: "Where are the gods so easy to die." While talking about the old man, he untied the key to open the copper lock of the hook from the belt of his trousers. In fact, there is not much difference between the three thatched huts with or without locks.The gap between the two wooden doors was big enough for a child to slip through.And the furniture in the house is so simple that it can basically be ignored.

Zhang Yaoye walked into the room with a look of surprise on his face, and said, "It wasn't like this when I came to Wanshenxian to treat rheumatism more than ten years ago." The old man said: "When you came more than ten years ago, my master didn't suffer any disaster at that time! No one in the area with a radius of tens of miles knows the names of the gods. Alas, it's not the same now. Those who should be moved have been moved." , Those that should be robbed have been robbed, and those that should be smashed have also been smashed. Now, I am only guarding a few shabby huts."

Zhang Yaoye said: "Who is so bold, dare to touch the things of the gods?" The old man said: "Red Guards, rebels. They say that my master has treasure maps of the Kuomintang reactionaries, and that my master is a spy lurking among the people." Zhang Yaoye said: "Is there really such a strange thing?" The old man said: "There are more rare things than this." After the old man finished speaking, he moved a big cobblestone for Mr. Zhang to sit on, and then he lit a fire and went to cook. But Master Tuo walked back and forth between the three rooms, gesticulating while turning, with a look of incomprehension and anger...

The old man's cooking utensils were very simple. He used three large bluestones to support an iron pot with one corner missing. There was something dark and dark in it, and it started to boil when it was lit.Halfway through, I dropped a handful of wild vegetables in the pot, and after a while, there was a scent of grass leaves in the room. The old man didn't even have a spare bowl, so he let Zhang Yaoye eat first, but Zhang Yaoye refused, but the old man was stubborn and enthusiastic, and Zhang Yaoye couldn't resist, so he had to eat first.But after all, eating like this is too much psychological burden, so I only ate more than half a bowl and then stopped eating, falsely claiming that I was full.But the food the old man made tasted quite delicious, Master Zhang Yao was embarrassed to ask what the old man cooked, so he just clicked his mouth a few times, and then sat on the edge of the outside to smoke leaf cigarettes. Then the old man scooped up another bowl for Master Tuo to eat.Master Tuo was not polite, he picked up the big coarse porcelain bowl handed by the old man, and started to gobble it up. He ate three big bowls and burped a few times before putting the bowl down. When the old man took the bowl to scoop it into the pot, there was only half a bowl left. But the old man still looked at Master Tuo, very happy in his heart, and said: "I still like to eat this pig food-like paste I made for you, you boy is good at this, remember your love! Don't forget your roots!" Master Tuo seemed to know that the old man was praising him, so he squatted in front of the old man, folded his arms, looked at the old man, and smiled foolishly, like a very docile puppy! At this time, it was completely dark, and it was dark inside and outside the house. Zhang Yaoye said: "Are you so economical that you don't even light a kerosene lamp?" The old man said: "What kind of kerosene lamp is still on? I usually fall asleep after a while. Besides, if I light the lamp, maybe there will be militiamen coming to wait for me. My three shabby houses are always under surveillance. .” Master Zhang Yao said, "What are you doing in the Qing Dynasty?" The old man said: "I stole my master from the commune. They have been looking for it." Zhang Yaoye said: "The gods have also been fought?" The old man said: "The struggle is considered light, and I didn't treat my master as a human being. Fortunately, my master's body is strong, otherwise he would have been wiped out. Alas! In this world, people are possessed by demons." .” The old man poured water on the ashes left after cooking, cleaned out the house, rinsed the pot and bowls and chopsticks clean, and then took Master Zhang Yao and Master Tuo out. Before going out, the old man gave Master Tuo a gesture that only the two of them could understand.Master Tuo was as happy as a child playing house, jumping up and down in front of the old man. The snow has completely stopped, but the snow during the day still hasn't melted away, and the air is filled with cold air.The sky cleared and the mist cleared, and a bright moon poked its head out of the dark clouds. The moonlight in the mountains was so bright that it was almost transparent, and the surroundings were very quiet.Walking on the winding mountain trails can be done without any lighting. Master Zhang Yao walked behind the old man.Master Tuo walked behind Master Zhang Yao. Master Zhang Yao said, "Where will you take me to find the Ten Thousand Immortals?" The old man said: "Don't ask so many questions, you will know when you go." Master Zhang Yao stopped talking.