Chapter 43
Thanks to yangzhigang\公六六 for the reward.
Wujiyuan is located in the front mountain of Wuji Mountain, occupying a slightly flat ridge on the side of the mountain. According to the Ming government, the entire Wuji Mountain belongs to the Taoist sect and belongs to the Wujiyuan property. However, the huge mountain is not strictly guarded by the Wujiyuan area with a scale of more than 100 people. Therefore, the courtyard does not mind that people in the Taoist sect are not traveling around the mountains. They just need not hunt, enclose land, and build houses. The patrolmen in the Fangtang in the courtyard do not pay attention to you. So Zhao Ran is not surprised to encounter outsiders here, okay, and it cannot be said that it is not surprising at all. After all, this clear pond is very secret. Zhao Ran has never met outsiders here for two years. What he is strange is that these three men and women do not do their promising singing career in Guyang County. What is going to do here?
After asking, Old Man Hu's face quickly collapsed, reminding Zhao Ran of Jin Jiu whom he had just seen. He was impatient and asked, "What are you waiting for here?... By the way, don't come again in the future. This is the place where my Taoist senior lives for a while, not a place to view. Well, what do you think? By the way, it's not a place to open to the public, understand?"
Old Man Hu bent down and nodded, hurriedly agreed, ensuring that he would never appear here again in the future - he didn't originally come here to travel around, he came to find Zhao Ran.
"Looking for me?" Zhao Ran was stunned, and then had a premonition, and he might be in trouble.
Sure enough, Mr. Hu nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice and said quickly: "That's right! Please help the Taoist priest again to save the suffering and goodness!"
Old Man Hu told the truth about the past and the consequences, and Zhao Ran was worried. It turned out that Deacon Dong and Zhang Ze wanted to put the hat on Hu. Old Man Hu said that Zhang Ze led the shopkeepers to look for them everywhere. He felt that it was very likely that Zhang Ze was going to take revenge. So after hearing the news, the family of three did not even dare to go back to the family. After thinking about it, they could only come to find Master Zhao. Master Zhao was kind-hearted and hated evil. The most rare thing was to be willing to take action with justice. Since he helped them last time...
This place was interrupted by Zhao Ran and declared that he had never helped them.
Old Man Hu nodded and said "Yes", and then continued: "After thinking about it, I would like to ask the Taoist priest to be pitiful to my family of three. My family has no relatives in Guyang, so I can only come and ask the Taoist priest."
Zhao Ran said that Zhang Ze came to you not for revenge. Old Man Hu hurriedly asked, why?
Zhao Ran found that he could not explain. He couldn't say that he was looking for you not for revenge, but for the purpose of deducting an affair with Buddhism to your family? The consequences were even more terrible, and he wouldn't scare this old man to death?
When Old Man Hu saw that Zhao Ran couldn't answer, he didn't ask questions, but said that Zhang Ze would definitely not have a good thing to look for him. In short, the years were not good, and this was a disaster. He admitted very bluntly that if Zhang Ze took it, his family of three would probably not be able to endure the hardship. If he was involved in Taoist Zhao, wouldn't this be a sin?
This is quite a bachelor. Although there is a hint of grasping Zhao Ran's handle, Zhao Ran was not angry after hearing it. In fact, he was not angry either. Zhao Ran is not the kind of person who is decisive in killing, nor will he destroy the whole family just by glaring at him. Looking at the thin old man of such age, a delicate girl like Liu Fufeng, and a young man with a strong intent but seems to be unhealed, he really can't have murderous intentions in his heart.
By the way, Hu Balang was coughing and hiking into the hut, which looked a little childlike. However, Zhao Ran was very suspicious whether this guy was beaten by Zhang Ze and Jin Jiu last time, leaving behind sequelae of IQ? Seeing the concern and love on Hu Balang's face when Hu Laoer and Hu Chunniang pulled Hu Balang, Zhao Ran softened his heart - this family of three is really pitiful!
After scratching his head, Zhao Ran said depressedly that he would pay Mr. Hu to leave and not stay in Guyang County.
"This is a hundred taels of silver here. You can take it and make a living elsewhere. This money is enough for you to have enough food and clothing for a while, and it will be no problem for three or five years."
Old Man Hu smiled and snatched up with a smile. While refusing, "How can you be so embarrassed that the Taoist priest has spent money, the old man is uneasy." He took action very vigorously and quickly, "received" the silver bills. He glanced carefully in the rising moonlight for a long time, and then took it happily and laughed.
Hu Chunniang next to her held the pipa and said with great blessings: "Thank you, Master Dao——"
Zhao Ran wiped his sweat. This girl was so charming and said that she was so charming. At this moment, he suddenly felt like she was a sucker. By the way, I spent 100 taels of silver and couldn't even touch her hand!
The good guy did it to the end, Zhao Ran simply asked: "Has the Lu Yin issued it? While I am still there, I will find someone to go to the yamen to help you with your custody. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to do it after I leave."
Old Man Hu said, "If you have to work hard, the road is done, but Lu Yin is done."
Zhao Ran suddenly stopped. You guys were ready to leave Guyang County? It turned out that they came here to beat the rich man. He said angrily: "Since that's the case, let's go. It's not too late, and I'm leaving."
Old man Hu hurriedly asked, "What Taoist priest mean, do you want to leave Guyang too?"
Zhao Ran said: "Yes, why don't I advise you to stay away from home just now? To be honest, I will leave tonight. If you still stay in Guyang, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you."
"Where is the Taoist priest going?"
Zhao Ran sighed: "Go to Baima Mountain and serve in front of the army..." He then caught a narrow voice: "Old Hu, do you want to go with me? I'm afraid you have never seen the battle between the two armies in your life, right? In addition, all kinds of immortal magic, that scene, tsk...Old Hu, I regret not going, hahahaha..."
"That's great! Since the Taoist priest invites us, we will go with the Taoist priest! The Taoist priest said, the old man has never seen such a scene in his life. He has only seen it in music, lyrics and operas in his life, but has never seen it with his own eyes. It's so shameful. If he enters the soil in the future, wouldn't it be a lifelong regret..."
Zhao Ran was shocked and hurriedly persuaded him: "What, Lao Hu, you have to think clearly that the place is so dangerous that it is difficult to save your life when it will be lost! By the way, before I arrived at Baima Mountain, I had just arrived at Qingping Mountain, and it was still far from Baima Mountain. When I met a brigade of Xia Bing, all of us were killed by a hundred people, and I was the only one left... Look, your Chunniang is so beautiful, your Yalang is still young, you are so old, and you have no power to protect yourself. Once you encounter such a disaster, it is not a joke. To destroy the family, do you understand? No one left, Hu is gone... nothing..."
Zhao Ran analyzed the dangers to Old Man Hu with a serious look on his face, and at the same time, he cooperated with gestures, put his hands together and spread them out to show that "nothing is gone."
Hu Chunniang covered her mouth and smiled, and Hu Laoer said, "The little old man is not going to fight in front of the army, but he just makes a lot of money behind him, and there is not so much danger. Besides, where the army gathers, they are all bloody men. I am tired of fighting in front of the formation. After returning to the camp, I listen to the little songs of the little old man and Chunniang. I, Hu, can be considered as making efforts for our Ming Dynasty, and it is easier to support my family."
The last sentence made Zhao Ran understand instantly. The old man felt that the business was easy to do in Baimashan, so he wanted to try his luck. He looked at Hu Chunniang next to him, and secretly speculated with malicious intentions that it was probably more than just singing a song!
He was too lazy to persuade him, so he said, "If you want to go, you can go by yourself. What's the matter with me? By the way, I want to follow Mr. Tong. Although I ended up going to Baima Mountain, I might have to take a detour in the middle. You follow me and take a detour. Besides, Mr. Tong made the decision on this trip, does Mr. Tong know? That's amazing. He is a big man, a cultivator, and he has great ability! He may not be happy..."
"It's okay, it's okay, the Taoist priest said just now, the road is not peaceful, and he follows the Taoist priest. Although he takes a detour, it's safer, let alone with Mr. Tong... You just said that Mr. Tong is a god-like figure, so he's even more secure. Since Mr. Tong is a man in the immortal world, I'm sure there are a lot of adults, so I won't mind the burden of me. When I see Mr. Tong later, I'll go begging for my wish. If Mr. Tong doesn't want to, the little old man doesn't follow him. Do you think, Taoist priest?"
"We are walking very fast, can you keep up?"
"Can you keep up, keep up, Taoist priest, don't worry."
Having said that, Zhao Ran had no choice but to agree to meet at the foot of the mountain. Hu Balang was stopped and could not enter the hut, and wanted to get the fishing rod, but was slapped on the back of his hand by Mr. Hu, and smiled at Zhao Ran, saying, "Halang is ignorant, please don't blame Taoist priest."
Zhao Ran was not upset and told them not to take things here randomly. He left first and returned to Wujiyuan. He went to the room to get a small bamboo box, then went to the trough room to lead his old donkey, tied the bamboo box to the donkey's back, and no longer had any more nostalgia, so he went straight out of the mountain gate.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw that Mr. Tong had been waiting with a crutch for a long time, and the other three of Hu were waiting for the book - no wonder they said they could keep up. It turned out that they had already made preparations for a long journey, and they were leading a good horse by one.
Mr. Hu said to Zhao Ran first: "Master Taoist, Mr. Tong has agreed. You can walk with the Master this time. It is really a blessing for the old man. Please take care of him!"
Seeing Mr. Tong nodding beside him, Zhao Ran had to agree helplessly, but saw Mr. Hu leading a horse, handing the reins to Mr. Tong, and said respectfully: "Please Mr. Tong get on the horse." But it turned out that he had a mount for Mr. Tong, and Hu Chunniang and Hu Balang rode together.
Zhao Ran secretly whispered "flatter" in his heart, and he got on the donkey. He couldn't help but say to Mr. Tong: "Mr. Tong, it's already late, it's hard to walk on the night road. Should I rest for a night?"
Old Tong gave him a blank look and shouted, "Let's talk a lot, go!" After that, he shook the reins of the horse and left first.
Chapter completed!