Ruyi [published edition]

That was many years later.

Even Ruibao has become a grizzled old man.

Only he, still standing in front of the calligraphy and painting shop, has not changed at all.

When the peach blossoms bloomed in spring, Ruibao fell ill.Coughing again and again, seeing a few doctors, taking a lot of medicine, but still not getting better.If it was just like this, it would be fine, but after procrastinating and procrastinating, he even coughed up blood, but the next day, he was coaxed and tricked by his pale-faced son to go to the temple to offer incense. to go.

Wan Wan stayed at home with the young master who was sick, and did not go with him, but he also gave out a lot of sesame oil money for others to take.

Unexpectedly, after Ruibao came back from the temple, his illness became more and more serious. When Wanwan went to see him, he secretly felt that something was wrong.

Ruibao was also probably getting old, and he couldn't let it go, so he went to the temple to worship, and asked for a lottery for some unknown reason. The appearance of the disease.

Ruibao drove his son out of the house, and weakly called him over.

Wanwan said cautiously, "Brother Ruibao, don't let your imagination run wild, it's the right thing to take care of your illness."

Ruibao wanted to sit up, and Wanwan hurried to help him up.

Ruibao said, "I have something to tell you." Wanwan's heart skipped a beat, thinking, what should come will still come.

Ruibao said to him, "My master and I have something to do to make you feel very sorry."

Million was silent.

Ruibao's eyes were a little red.An elderly man, sick again, unable to sit up, panting after speaking, staring at him eagerly, waiting for him to speak.

It took a long time for Bai Wan to say, "The Gu family has treated me well, and that's pretty good."

Ruibao coughed for a long time, Wan Wan gave him relief, and then he said, "I have never regretted cheating you into the mansion. I am not a good person, and I don't want to do good deeds. But I feel guilty about this, so I have to tell you. At that time, you had an older sister who was sold in the Zeng Mansion since you were a child. When you came back with us, I heard that she was gone."

Wan Wan was quiet for a long time before asking in a low voice, "Then where is she buried? I should go and see."

Ruibao shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. What happened back then... Alas... I told you this because you have a nephew. Habits are not very good, although the nature is not bad, but the child is suffering. I originally thought that I would wait for him to have a good career, and then ask him to pick you up when the young master gets married. You are always like this, you are not old, and you It’s not a good thing to stay in the mansion without dying. It’s okay when I’m here, but if I’m not here, I’m afraid that you will be tied up to see the officials, and it’s not necessarily true that it’s a demon.”

Wanwan smiled and said, "Young master, with this appearance, how can there be a good day? If you are gone, I will go to the mountains and become a fairy."

Speaking of the young master of the Gu family, I really don't know where to start.

In fact, when the young master was just born, he was also smart, just like everyone else, not a fool.

But later, for some reason, he became demented. He didn't know how to cry when he was in pain, and he didn't know how to cry when he was cold or hot. He couldn't even recognize his parents.The old master personally carried his son to the Kongyun Temple. The old monk in the temple only said that unless he met someone with good fortune, he would not be able to raise the child well.He is also called to worship the Buddha devoutly, and accumulate blessings for his children and grandchildren.Gu Fei dispersed countless money in those years, just for his son to grow up safely.At first, he thought that his son was implicated because of his lack of virtue, but how could he have thought that the deacon in the monastery was arrested by the government for stealing himself, and he confessed to one thing.It turned out that the old monk was trying to get his family's money, and he didn't know what kind of magic method he used to arrest the young master's soul.

It's a pity that the monk had evil intentions and detained the child's soul. The child's soul was incomplete. Where could it restrain his demonic methods, by that time, it would have dissipated and could not be rescued.

Gu Fei still couldn't let go of his heart when he died, holding his son's hand in front of the sick bed, weeping uncontrollably.

Wanwan thought about it later, and felt that the way of heaven was really unfair.

Although the young master is stupid, his temperament is straightforward and cute.At that time, he felt that people in the world had different thoughts and looked forward and backward, but in the final analysis, they were not as good as a fool.

At least a fool does not know hunger and satiety, pain, or suffering.

Even though Gu Fei has a lot of money, he can't imagine that his son will become like this?

Wanwan thought for a while, and then said, "If the young master really has no one to take care of him, I might as well take him to the mountains."

Ruibao was so angry that he coughed again, and Wanwan had no choice but to let him down again. Ruibao coughed until his voice changed, and he said after a long time, "Let's not talk about the young master. I went to the temple today to offer incense. An acquaintance told me... oh, that your little nephew went to Mount Heng to become a Taoist priest despite his good fame."

Wan Wan was stunned, Heng Shan, why did he seem to have something to do with him, listening to it made him feel like he was pulled by something.

But he said, "That's also his fate."

Ruibao was so angry that he wanted to hit him with a cane, and said, "What is this, if you were kidnapped? You are an uncle, why don't you look like an uncle?"

Bai Wan couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only say hello twice, and then asked, "I went to Mount Heng, what should the young master do?"

Ruibao sighed and said, "I heard people say that there is a Yugu spring in Mount Heng. There is a thousand-year-old tea tree growing beside the spring. If a sick person asks for the flowers and leaves of the tea tree to come back, it is very effective. I I don't know if it's true or not, the master is gone, although the young master saved his life, it's not a thing to be so foolish all the time, I'm about to die, I can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, You go to see your nephew, and help me pay homage to the tea tree fairy, and ask for some flowers and leaves for the young master to eat!"

It was only now that Wanwan knew the reason for his words, but he was not annoyed, he took it for granted, nodded, and agreed.

Because of Ruibao's words on the bedside, Wanwan packed up his luggage, left the Gu family, and went to Hengshan alone.

The nephew who had never met before was called Zeng Fan.It's strange to say it, but according to Ruibao, the father and son depended on each other for life, although they were poor, they were able to get by.It's a pity that the man suffered a serious illness last year and passed away.It's also the age, so it shouldn't be too sad.But at the time of the funeral, Zeng Fan didn't know who heard the nonsense, so he sold all his family property and said that he would go to Hengshan to become a Taoist priest.

Wanwan sighed in his heart. In terms of age, his nephew is already in his 30s, so why would he do such a ignorant thing?

Thinking about it gave him a headache, even if he actually met Zeng Fan, he would not be able to say that he was an uncle.

Millions know that they don't remember the past, and they also know that they are different from others.Everyone around is getting old day by day, but he is the only one who still looks the same as before, he doesn't seem to grow old or die, he can stay in the water for as long as he wants, and he can understand the words of birds. It doesn't matter what kind of evil spirit it is.

It was already rainy in spring, Wan Wan had something on his mind, so he took advantage of the rain and sat down at a tea stall by the roadside.Although I drank hot tea, my body was already wet by the rain, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

He asked the children making tea beside him, how to get to the cloud platform.

I heard that Zeng Fan went to the Bixiao Temple in Yuntai to become a monk. The whereabouts are so clear, don't you want to teach people to find them?

Unexpectedly, the child shook his head and said that he had never heard of such a place.

Wan Wan was stunned, "There is a Taoist temple there called Bixiao Temple, isn't there?"

The child said, "No."

Ruibao will not lie to him if he has lost his mind. Could it be that Zeng Fan was really deceived?He asked again, "Is there a spring called Yugu Spring?"

The child stared at him resentfully at that time, and Wan Wan murmured in his heart, saying, "If there is, then there is not. What are you staring at me for? Can't you ask me?"

Someone beside him smiled and said to him, "It's useless for this little brother to ask. Nine out of ten people who go to Yugu Spring will not be able to return. The road is too dangerous. So the people in this mountain People don’t call it Yugu Spring there, but Luocha Spring.”

Bai Wan didn't speak for a long time, if it's so dangerous, I don't know if he can go or not.

The rain fell for a long time, lingering, and it was not small, and it could wet people's clothes after walking a short distance.

Some people in the tea stall couldn't stand it anymore, and went out after paying the money, while the rest would refill their tea from time to time, and asked for snacks and fruits to eat, while chatting.

Wan Wan asked for a long time, and after inquiring about Yugu Spring, he finally had a bottom line in his heart, thinking of going there first to find out before talking.He sat there for a long time, only to feel that it was getting colder and colder, even more threatening than the chill of early winter, he drank the residual tea in the bowl, and he was about to pay and leave.

At that time, a shopkeeper came in from the rain.That person also seemed to have come from a long distance, but he only wore a bamboo hat instead of a coir raincoat, and his body was completely wet by the rain.When he put down his burden, he occupied the seats of two or three people. The children watching the tea stand were unhappy and said, "Hey, get out of the way."

The man lifted the bamboo hat up and looked at the child with a frown. Hearing that the child's tone was not good, Wanwan heard the child's tone, and when he heard the sound, he happened to meet the man's eyes, but his heart was shocked.

Those eyes seemed to have been seen somewhere.

Seeing him looking over, the man looked over coldly, Wan Wan was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly turned his head.The man picked an empty bench and sat down, and said to the child, "Here's a bowl of sugar water."

Wan Wan couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and secretly looked at him.

There was a jade pendant tied around the man's waist, which was a bit eye-catching, it didn't look cheap.Wan Wan doesn't quite understand. As the saying goes, if you don't expose your wealth, isn't this person obviously recruiting thieves?

The man untied the jade pendant, carefully wiped off the moisture on the jade pendant, then held it in the palm of his hand, and looked at the rain without saying a word.

Wan Wan pouted in his heart, so baby, don't hang it outside, can't you wear it close to the flesh?

The people in the tea stand were also bored, seeing a salesman coming to drink tea, they also wanted to join in the fun, looking through what interesting things they could pick.

Wanwan originally wanted to leave, but at this moment his heart moved, and he sat there quietly. After the people surrounding the peddler dispersed, he sat down with a snack plate and called out with a smile, "This big brother , can I sit here?"

The man glanced at him, seemed a little displeased, but just said, "Sit down."

Wan Wan pushed the dim sum plate towards him, and then said, "Brother, you have seen a lot, have you ever heard of a place called Yuntai near here?"

The man's expression changed, he looked at him carefully and asked, "Where did you hear about this place?"

Wanwan was overjoyed, thinking, this person knows.

Then he said, "I left home when I was young, and I just returned to my hometown not long ago, and I have no one to rely on. I heard that my cousin went to a Taoist temple in Yuntai to become a monk, so I came all the way to visit him, thinking about meeting him."

The man looked at him for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand, revealing the jade pendant, and asked him, "Do you recognize this thing?"

Million carefully looked at it again and again, the jade pendant looked like two carp entangled together, the strange thing was, one still looked like a carp, but the other looked like a dragon about to jump out of the carp's mouth, a bit ferocious .

Wanwan could see clearly, so he slowly shook his head.

The man showed disappointment on his face, but he just asked him, "Then what's your last name, what's your name, and where are you from?"

Wan Wan smiled and replied, "Brother Mo Xiao, my younger brother's surname is Gu, his name is Wan Wan, and he is from Suzhou."

The man's eyes suddenly lit up, but he didn't know what he thought of, but the light in his eyes dimmed again.

The man was quiet for a long time, and finally said, "Your name is similar to a person I knew before, but his surname is Jin, and his temper is more lively."

Wanwan was speechless inwardly, the man surnamed Jin was named Wanwan, this person was probably crazy about money.But he laughed at himself, Gu Wanwan and Jin Wanwan are just fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps.

Wan Wan continued his words and joked, "This is also fate. If I regenerate more like this, I'm afraid that my eldest brother will talk about the old days with me."

The man took back the jade pendant and tied it around his waist carefully. Then, watching the rain outside, he suddenly said slowly, "There is no one like him in this world. I have been looking for him for many years, and I have always been there could not find it."

This sentence was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, which made Wanwan a little bit overwhelmed.

I have been looking for it for a long time, but I can't find it. Maybe the person is long gone.Wan Wan coughed twice, and said something that anyone would say, "If there is a destiny, we will naturally meet again."

The man took a sip of sugar water and said, "Some people told me that he died, and others told me that his body was still alive, but his soul was reincarnated. His master told me that even if he was still alive, I would look for him." I don't want him anymore."

Wanwan was confused when he heard that, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Maybe it's because of some kind of quarrel with someone and hid. Brother, don't worry too much, everyone has their own blessings, maybe your friend is now Had a great time."

The man had been looking at him, and suddenly smiled slightly, and said to him, "I don't know if he is doing well or not. However, there have been many people pretending to be him in recent years and coming here in his name. Lie to me, but unfortunately there is no good end."

Million could not help shivering, only to feel more and more cold.

The man raised his eyebrows and said, "Little brother, since you are so afraid of the cold, you shouldn't drink cold tea."

Wan Wan laughed dryly, said some polite words indiscriminately, and wanted to get up and run away, but the man suddenly said, "Actually, I know the way to Yuntai."

Wanwan struggled in his heart for a long time, after much deliberation, he still couldn't pretend to be deaf, so he turned around helplessly, and said with a smile, "Brother, don't tease me."

The man finished drinking the sugar water in the bowl, put a few coins there, straightened his bamboo hat, picked up the burden and said, "If you trust me, follow me."

Wan Wan followed hesitantly, feeling a little flustered in his heart for some reason.

Although the man was just a peddler, there was a kind of coercive aura in his conversation, which made Wan Wan feel a little scared.

The man didn't talk to him much on the way, only once, and said to him, "Who gave you this name?"

Wan Wan didn't like to talk about his past with others, so he just replied vaguely, "It was taken by my master."

The man let out an oh, and asked him, "Who is that master of yours?"

Wan Wan was angry and funny, so he deliberately pretended to be serious and replied, "Oh, this big brother, who else can he be? He also has one nose and two eyes, just like you and me."

The man looked at him a few more times at that time, the deep look in his eyes is really hard to describe, but Wan Wan's heart tightened when he looked at him, and he felt dull pain for no reason.

The rain stopped when they reached the middle of the mountain. The man walked on the mountain road non-stop. Although Wanwan was tired, he stubbornly refused to speak and followed behind the man.

Without the continuous rain, the figure of the person walking in front became very clear, Wan Wan followed behind step by step, for some reason, he felt that this scene seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Wan Wan's heart moved, and he suddenly stopped that person.

"Brother!" Wan Wan hesitated and asked, "What's your name, please?"

The man looked back at him, with a mocking smile on his lips, as if he had been waiting for him to ask a question, he said slowly, "My surname is Wu, and my name is Wu Ciren."

Wanwan said the name twice in his heart, Wu Ciren, no such person.Wan Wan muttered in his heart, it's fine if he doesn't want to talk about it, why make up such a name to tease people.

Wan Wan blinked, clapped his hands, and said to himself, "Oh, then I know your nickname, brother."

The man froze for a moment, the expression on his face suddenly became fierce, he looked straight at him and asked, "What's your name?"

Wan Wan was a little breathless under his gaze, and the smile that originally wanted to make fun of the other party froze on his face and couldn't fade for a while. "... Cough, I guess... it's probably called Ghost."

The man frowned slightly, looked at him for a while without saying a word, then turned back and walked forward.

The breath in Wan Wan's chest was considered to be smooth, and he broke out in a cold sweat after being so frightened, and his heart is still pounding.

But I couldn't help complaining in my heart, saying that if there is no such person, what is it if it is not a ghost?Just dare not say it.

Sure enough, Wu Ciren took him to a Taoist temple, but before entering the door, Wan Wan's jaw almost fell to the ground.

It turned out that there was a plaque hanging obliquely on the outside of the temple. The wooden plaque was probably weathered and mottled with vicissitudes of life. You could barely see the residual paint and wood marks on the plaque. Character.

Wanwan thought about Bixiao Temple in his heart, and then looked at these three words, secretly amused in his heart, couldn't help it for a while, and asked, "This Taoist temple has been around for a long time, but I don't know which one is enshrined?"

Wu Ciren replied curtly, "It's his master."

Wan Wan let out an oh, thinking, so this person's old acquaintance was a Taoist priest.

Millions of people went in with Wu Ciren, only to find that the Taoist temple looked dilapidated on the outside, but it was tidy on the inside. Although it was not like those grand temples that had the main hall, the side hall, and the front hall and the back hall, there were places for worship and places to rest. Small but complete.

Wu Ciren said to him, "I'm a guest from afar, so you can stay in the wing room first. The old Taoist priest in the temple has gone to wander, and the new one is going to help me get something. I'm afraid I won't come back for a while, and I don't know you." Is it him that you are looking for? There is also a boy in this temple, who is regarded as a servant, if you want to eat, go and find him."

Millions of people thought to themselves, a servant is a servant, what does it mean to be a servant?

But obediently, he stopped talking and walked in the direction Wu Ciren pointed.

It's just that the sight behind him pierced him like a needle, making him very uncomfortable.It wasn't until he passed the corner that he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and glared at the invisible person, cursing in his heart, since you brought me here, why are you defending me like a thief?

Just thinking of Wu Ciren's expression when he spoke, I can't help but feel weird, and I always feel as if I have come to a place that I shouldn't have come.

Under the eaves were several half-person-high porcelain altars filled with water and several carps. Wanwan was really interesting to watch, so he heard a child shouting at him, "Where did you come from as a thief?"

Wanwan turned around in response and saw that the talking child was white and puffy, and was coming from the backyard dragging a broom taller than him.

Wanwan laughed and said, "I'm here to find someone, not a thief."

Where did the child believe him, and asked, "Which one are you looking for?"

Wanwan first learned what he had said to Wu Ciren before, and said, "My cousin's surname is Zeng, and his name is a Sanskrit character, but I don't know if he will mention the layman's name after he became a monk."

The kid looked at him a few times, but didn't answer him, but murmured reluctantly, "There's another one."

Wanwan was surprised, so he said, "What? Has anyone else come to look for him?"

The child pursed his lips and said, "Yes, but you are the first one who looks so different."

Wanwan was confused. Didn't Ruibao say that Zeng Fan's departure was only a short time ago?

Wan Wan couldn't help but asked, "What do I look like? Who do you think I don't look like?"

The child simply threw the broom on the ground, walked up to him, sized him up a few times, and asked in surprise, "What kind of monster are you, why can't I see it?"

Wanwan was startled, the words just answered his mind, but he smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense, kid, I'm a decent person, if it was a monster, I would have eaten you long ago."

After speaking, he bared his teeth and made a strange look, trying to scare the child.

The child curled his lips and said to himself, "Oh, I really don't know when that dead fairy will give up."

Wan Wan felt that although the child looked fierce, he was actually cute, childish and interesting, so he wanted to tease him to say a few more words, and deliberately said, "Is the fairy you are talking about the one enshrined?"

The child glared at him, and said angrily, "The one enshrined is obviously my master! Are you saying this to anger me?"

He complained again, "I am too unwilling to serve him. If you still want to worship him, you might as well let me beat him to death."

Wanwan stuck out his tongue secretly, and said with a smile, "Listen to you, don't you think that all the people in this Taoist temple are immortals?"

The child gave him a strange look, then snorted, poked the broom on the ground, and said to him in a cold voice, "The 500-year-old Taoism that came last time was destroyed, I don't know what you are, But you still wish for luck!"

While sweeping the leaves that fell to the ground due to the wind and rain, he muttered in a low voice annoyed, "Stop saying that I don't have any good virtues with Mr. Heng Shan."

Wanwan couldn't understand it, but thought it was secretly funny.

Seeing him smiling, the child seemed a little annoyed, rolled his eyes, and asked, "Hey, what's your name?"

He smiled and said, "My surname is Gu, and my name is Gu Wanwan."

The child snorted, and suddenly asked, "Is that nickname Ruyi?"

Wan Wan shook his head, "I don't have a nickname."

But he thought in his heart, what is it called Ruyi?If you really want to start, you have to start to attract money, such as Jinbao.Things in this world can't be as expected. It's really a blessing to have such a name.

The child looked at him very strangely, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and asked him, "Then...do you...have a deep knife wound on your body?"

Wan Wan was startled, but blinked, pretending to be funny and said, "I work in a good man's house, and I didn't go out to wield knives and guns. Where did the injury come from?"

The child pouted, frowned, and looked him up and down, as if he wanted to peel off a layer of his skin and take a closer look.

"Then how did you find this place?"