Holy Bone

Chapter 326 By asking where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village

At this time, the sky above was getting darker and darker.

More and more households in the village began to raise smoke from cooking.

The scent of firewood rice filled the sky above the fields.

If it weren't for the rainy weather and the sun overhead...

Jin An thinks it should be the setting sun and dusk, right?
At this time, an old man with a hoe on his shoulders, rolled up his trouser legs, and walked barefoot on the ridge of the field came to meet him.

He was still holding the hand of his little granddaughter, talking and laughing.

When the old man saw Jin An, he smiled kindly and nodded in greeting.

Looking at the peaceful village in front of him, Jin An frowned more and more. He raised his head and looked at the top of his head. There was a divine light covering the world, opening up a Taoyuan Village isolated from the world.

With pondering.

He continued walking towards the village.

When Jin An entered the village, many villagers along the way saw him as a foreigner, and they all cast curious eyes. There was a bit of weirdness and doubt in those curious eyes?

But he didn't pay much attention to the sideways glances of these villagers, and wandered around the village on his own, until he saw an old Taoist priest in a khaki Taoist robe in the village, showing a group of tall and thick rural women. Right-hand palmistry, I don't know what the old Taoist said, it made the group of middle-aged women laugh, but the men around them were so jealous that they planned to give their own wife a family law tonight.

"Old way!"

Seeing the familiar figure from behind, Jin An yelled in surprise. He was afraid that he might have mistaken him, so he hurriedly approached the old Taoist priest, intending to get closer to see if it was the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest who was showing his right hand to the rural woman trembled. He turned around and looked at the familiar voice behind him. The next moment, the old Taoist priest opened his mouth, and he was covered in jewels, just like the stupid son of the landlord's family. The man, with the trunk of a peach tree on his shoulders, ran toward him rejoicing.

The peach tree was full of fruit.

"Small, little brother?"

"Really...you?"

The old Taoist priest was surprised by the whole peach tree carried on the other side's shoulders.

Why does this peach tree look so familiar?

Isn't it just the few peach trees on the outskirts of the forest!
The old Taoist gasped!
He picked a few peaches and was smashed all over his head by the group of wild monkeys, and even lost one of his shoes, not to mention how embarrassing he was.

As a result, someone uprooted him and ran towards him happily carrying a peach tree.

Looking at the peach tree that was uprooted by someone, and the old Taoist priest who was smashed on the head by a monkey and still not healed, I felt a sense of relief in my heart, not to mention how relieved it was.

When Jin An took off the beast-head pocket on his head, and then lifted a corner of the magic robe he was wearing backwards, revealing the five-color Taoist robe. After repeated confirmation of his identity, the old Taoist priest was convinced that the man in front of him was dressed in jewels and was dressed like the idiot son of the landlord's family. The person in question is Jin'an.

"Little brother, why do you dress up like this? Little brother, you directly uprooted and robbed a peach tree, and the group of monkeys outside the forest didn't fight you desperately?"

Reunited after a long absence, I didn't expect to meet in this way, the old Taoist thought about it more and more.

Sure enough, he is a little brother.

I only dare to steal a dozen or so peaches.

result!The little brother directly robbed a peach tree and came back!
Just think about it and relieve your anger.

Those monkeys must be furious now, they can't close their eyes for three days and three nights, ha ha.

"It's because they are desperate for me. Anyway, picking a peach is desperate, and carrying a peach tree is also desperate. I simply carry a peach tree." Jin An's answer made the old Taoist give a thumbs up and said In the past, Mrs. Niu, who was born in the zodiac sign of the ox, dared not move when she saw her little brother. Now Mrs. Monkey, whose zodiac sign is a monkey, also dared not move when she saw her little brother. Both sides are cows.

Jin An couldn't be more happy to meet the old Taoist priest again in the ruins. He immediately picked a peach and shared it with the old Taoist priest. Shajian continued to wander in the ruins, his eyes a little downcast.

But he recovered quickly, cutting swords and old Taoist priests, what he was most worried about was old Taoist priests with old arms and legs, even old Taoist priests could survive intact, with high sword cutting skills, he would definitely be able to take care of himself.

The grandpa and grandson ate the peaches they snatched from the monkey group, and began to describe their experiences in the ruins these days.

I don’t know if it’s because there are too many forests here, which disperses more vitality. The peaches here are not as magical as the longevity peaches. Apart from being able to quickly restore physical strength, the body is warm and not afraid of the wind and yin entering the body. .

Through mutual narration of experiences, Jin An also learned that the old Taoist priest came to this Hezhuang a day earlier than him. He asked the old Taoist priest about the situation of this Hezhuang, and asked what happened to this Hezhuang?

The old Taoist arrived a day earlier than him, so he must have learned more information than him.

When talking about the Hezhuang in front of him, the old Taoist's face suddenly became serious, and he shook his head slightly towards Jin'an. There are too many people here, so it's not a place to talk.

At this time, the sky outside was getting darker and darker, and the smoke rose from the cottages, and the voice of the mother standing at the door calling the children to go home for dinner began to be heard in the village.

There are also women with big waists and thick arms, carrying wooden sticks in their hands, chasing and beating naughty naughty boys all over the village. In the end, the naughty boys are carried home with their ears pinched, and they will continue to beat them when they are full.

In the fields outside the village, more and more farmers are carrying hoes and pushing canoes back to the village.

Among the children who were led home with their ears pinched, Jin An saw the shepherd boy he was asking for directions outside the village just now. It's embarrassing to carry it home by ear. He is a toad fairy, a fairy. The fairy in the fairy tales are all people with great abilities. Ordinary people will kneel and kowtow when they see a fairy.

As a result, the shepherd boy was beaten even harder. His mother picked him up and beat him up, and he burst into tears, crying so loudly that he was crying as loudly as he was just now.

"I will make you Immortal Toad, and I will make you Immortal Toad. If you are Immortal Toad, then I will be Immortal Toad's mother. The sky is big and the earth is big, and parents are the biggest."

The shepherd boy was beaten by his mother to go home, and he cried loudly on the way. When passing by Jin An, the shepherd boy recognized Jin An. He forgot to cry for a while, and burst into Jin An with a long string of snot bubbles hanging from his nose. He laughed happily and shouted: "Young Master! Young Master! Thank you for your peaches! When I become the Great Immortal Toad, I will return you a hundred, a thousand peaches..."

Before the shepherd boy could finish shouting, he was beaten even harder, and immediately cried even harder.

"Laugh, laugh, I think your skin is getting thicker and thicker, but my strike is still too light, let your father continue beating you when you go home."

At this time, the shepherd boy's mother saw the old Taoist priest, greeted him politely, and then continued to carry her son home.

Then Jin An saw that the cousin who played dice with the shepherd boy was also beaten up by a couple with a shoulder pole, and scolded him for being such an adult who brought his ignorant cousin together to gamble. Cursing to kill you, an unfilial son.

The young man was beaten up by his parents and ran away.

This is really a vibrant village, full of human fireworks, which is called human flavor. This is a human flavor that has not been seen since entering the ruins. It is in stark contrast to the silent ruins outside. Jin'an looks full of people. Taste of the village, very interesting.

"Little brother, do you know that shepherd boy?"

The old Taoist raised his hand and pointed at the shepherd boy who was beaten by his mother and carried him home, and said in surprise.

So Jin An gave a general account of what happened when he entered the village just now. After listening to the old Taoist priest, he slapped his thigh, surprised and said at first glance that it seems that the place to stay tonight has been secured.

The shepherd boy's family are honest and hospitable villagers.

When the old Taoist priest brought Jin'an to stay overnight, the shepherd boy's parents recognized the old Taoist priest as Daoist Chen who gave divination to the villagers for free for a day today.

However, the old Taoist didn't let Jin'an eat these dinners. He said politely to the couple that they had already eaten, and they only needed to arrange a room that could shelter them from the wind and rain.

Then chatting with the other party, the old Taoist chatted more and more, his face was full of red, talking about the customs and knowledge of various places, talking about how he beat zombies to drive away evil spirits, and helped the world to be righteous. The rural couple who had never seen the world were amazed when they heard it.

Even the little shepherd boy on one side, hugging the peaches that Jin An gave him, ate with relish and listened mesmerizingly at the same time.

This peach was given to him by Jin An again.

Rural people go to bed early at night. As the night deepened, the villagers in Hezhuang began to gradually extinguish the candles and go to sleep. At first, the little shepherd boy named Song Zhi clamored to live with the old Taoist priest, saying that he would continue to listen to the old Taoist priest's stories. , Naturally, another beating from his mother was inevitable, and then he went back to sleep honestly.

As the lights of Baijia were extinguished, the people of Hezhuang gradually fell asleep, and the village became very quiet, so quiet that there were no dogs barking, no night insects and birds calling.

Too quiet.

Whether it is inside the village or outside the village, there is no sound at all.

It wasn't until the two of them were alone that Jin An finally asked what was going on in this village.

Hey, there was a sigh in the dark night, the old Taoist priest did not answer immediately, but took Jin An to see is believing. When the old Taoist priest brought Jin An to the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot, there were tonight’s leftovers in the pot. It turned into river mud, and the strips of bacon hanging on the beams of the house also turned into river mud.

Afterwards, the old Taoist led Jin An out of the kitchen, went to the main house and knocked on the door, but the room was dark and no one answered.The old Taoist said "Excuse me" and pushed the door open to enter the house. Jin An found that there were no shepherd boy or the Song couple in the house, only a clay figure with a strong smell of mud lying on the bed as if asleep.

Looking at the facial features of the clay figure, it is the shepherd boy's family of three!
Jin An was stunned.

Next, the old Taoist took Jin'an to a river outside Hezhuang that went around the village.

At night, the sound of the river gurgling and flowing became more and more clear. At this time, it was late at night. An old boat, a blood-stained old man with a broken Taoist crown and disheveled hair, went upstream against the current.

That lonely shadow of heaven and earth against the current!
It's like a strong obsession to do what you know you can't do against the sky!
The old man raised his skinny palm, grabbed a handful of river mud, and made a shape of a little native. He blew on the little native, and the little native came alive and turned into a talking and laughing man. big living.

It was a villager I just met in Hezhuang today.

The old man continued to pinch the native.

Every time he blew on the natives, the natives would come back to life as villagers and go ashore, and the villagers would go home one by one.

One after another the natives were pinched out.

Blow out breath after breath.

Those native people came back to life, then went ashore and walked into the village, becoming Hezhuang villagers.

Among them are the shepherd boy and the parents of the shepherd boy.

After pinching the villagers, the old man began to pinch birds, insects, butterflies, and monkeys... These seem to be the reappearance of the old man's childhood memories. He knows that death is like a lamp, but he still can't let go of his obsession with his homeland.

Just to make up for the regret in my heart.

"Little brother, this is the truth that the old Taoist discovered in this village. There was a senior expert who fell in the Taoist temple of Dongtianfudi. That senior expert should be a villager from Hezhuang. It is said that everyone aspires to become a fairy. The fairy queen can live as long as the sky, be free and easy, and go anywhere in the world. But after the death of this great fairy, the most unforgettable thing is his childhood parents, the popular Hezhuang in his childhood, when he was a father. Mother is not here, when relatives are getting old one by one, when seeing everyone familiar around me turn into dust, and only you are left alone, isn't this the greatest regret?"

……

During the Qingming Festival, there are many rains.

Pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

Where is the restaurant.

The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.

After listening to the old Taoist's words, Jin'an's state of mind had some subtle insights.

The old Taoist came one day earlier than Jin'an. According to the old Taoist, this old man with a broken crown, every time he breathed fairy air on a person, horse, monkey, etc. made of clay, those clay objects can live for a day, and when night falls He will turn back into a lifeless clay figure again.

This Hezhuang is not some ghost village.

It was a great immortal who made people out of earth.

Persistence day after day.

Draw a prison for yourself.

Jin An noticed that the old man who made the man out of earth had only four fingers on each hand, and only eight fingers in total on both hands. There was no surprise on his face.

This senior who made man out of earth was indeed the shepherd boy Song Zhi who was reincarnated from Immortal Hama.

Just when Jin An's eyes were pondering, the old Taoist said another more shocking news.

"Little brother, old man, last night I saw an ancient corpse wrapped in golden jade clothes, boarded this boat, and went somewhere along the river around the village."

The old Taoist continued to wink at Jin'an and said, "That's why I didn't leave Hezhuang in a hurry, because I have been thinking about how to get on the boat."

"According to my secret observation, the old Taoist, there are quite a few people who have entered Hezhuang this time. It is estimated that they have discovered the secret of Hezhuang, and they all want to board the boat of this fairy toad."

"The boat is narrow and can't accommodate many people. If we don't have a chance tonight, we'll have to wait for tomorrow's chance. We just don't know where the fairy and the boat are going."

When the old Taoist said this, he glanced at Jin An curiously: "Little brother, you and the jade-clothed ancient corpse came to Hezhuang two days later, you must have bumped into each other on the way here, right?"

(End of this chapter)