Poor children

Chapter 74 Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda

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For several days in a row, the poor boy began to stay bored in Taixu Taoist Temple. He was either playing the piano in the garden behind the Taoist temple, or studying in his room. Occasionally he went to the main hall to listen to the Taoist priests chanting sutras, but he never left the Taoist temple gate.

"You should go out for a walk after lunch." Master Sanyang couldn't stand it when he saw how distracted she was these days. "Tiedan'er and the others are hanging out almost every day, but it's better for you to hang around in the house every day." "

Pao'er stirred the rice in his bowl and said, "Isn't it that I stay in the temple all day just to spend more time with you, Master?"

"Don't talk about me." Master Sanyang was very dissatisfied. "You are here, but your soul is not here. How are you accompanying me? Are you clearly causing trouble for me?"

"Master just dislikes me"

"Anyway, you go out after dinner, take some time to relax, and buy some delicious food for me by the way. I always eat the food in the temple, and my mouth feels a bit bland."

"I thought Master was kind enough to ask me to go out and relax because he was afraid that I would be bored, but it turned out that I was just greedy."

"Yes, I am just greedy as a teacher, why don't you go quickly?"

The pauper swallowed the last mouthful of rice, put down his bowl and stretched out his hand towards Master Sanyang.

"What are you doing? Do you want my teacher to read your palm?"

"Money, Master, don't you need money to buy food?"

"I have no money" Sanyang Zhenren covered his bag
The poor man was so quick that he grabbed Sanyang Master's arm, took out his money bag and put it into his arms.

"You kid, you are unfilial and you actually stole Master's money."

"Don't you have no money? Then this money is not yours." After saying this, the poor man walked out.

"Hmph! You are so beautiful that you don't even look at how much money is in it. You have already been robbed by Noble this morning. I don't have a long memory? Why don't you put so much money in your purse?" Sanyang The real person is very proud

The pauper stepped out of the gate of Taixu Taoist Temple. Different from the previous time, this time the pauper knew where she was going. She only bought food for Master Sanyang and came back. She thought so, so she went to the market. Went over there
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The poor boy had just left. Master Sanyang had just finished his meal here. The little Taoist boy had just removed the bowls and served tea. Master Sanyang had just picked up the tea. Before he could drink it, someone came from outside to spread the word that it was from the northwest. Wang Lai Visit
Master Sanyang put down his tea bowl and stood up to straighten his clothes, silently reciting "It's always such an unlucky time!"

This time Tianxing did not go to the Royal Courtyard, but went directly to the Sanyang Zhenren Quiet Room
"What's the Taoist saying that's not a coincidence?" Tian Xingcai happened to hear this sentence when he entered the room.

"Unfortunately, uh, unfortunately we just had dinner, and the king didn't make it in time to eat." Master Sanyang arrived
Tian Xing laughed and said, "I didn't come here to eat, I just wanted to come and talk to the Taoist priest."

"Your Majesty, please sit down." Master Sanyang hurriedly asked him to sit down. The little Taoist boy brought tea. Seeing that the two of them wanted to talk, Gao Zi turned around and left the quiet room to guard outside the door.
"It's been half a month since the Immortal came to Daliang City, right?" Tian Xing asked

"It's been seventeen days since I calculated."

"I wonder if the Immortal is still used to living here? How is your stay?"

"Of course it's good. The fruits in the northwest are the best I've ever tasted, and the delicacies are also good. It's just that the snacks are not as good as those made by my disciples." Master Sanyang arrived
"If you say that my dim sum in the Northwest should be considered one of the best, and it's not as good as the craftsmanship of the Taoist master Gaotu, then I really want to try it."

"It is indeed an honor for me to make some snacks for the king. It's just that the king came unluckily, so the apprentice just went out. He should have gone to the market to buy something to eat for me. He didn't have time for a stick of incense. If the king wants to Let’s have some snacks and come back next time.” Sanyang Zhenren arrived
"Oh, oh! That's such an unlucky thing." Tian Xing heard that Pao'er had gone out and he couldn't sit still. There were many people in the market. Maybe he could find her if he went out to look for her now. If it were later, he might not be able to find her. whereabouts
Master Sanyang looked at him with a troubled face. What was the cause of the poor boy's abnormal behavior in the past few days? The Taoist priest didn't know. After all, he was a practitioner for many years. What was the story of the several encounters between the two of them? The Taoist Master had some idea in his mind, and now that he saw his appearance, he deliberately wanted to make him anxious. "Since the king is here, why not play a few games of chess with the poor Taoist?"

"This!?" "Is your Majesty in trouble?" Master Sanyang looked hesitant when he saw him.

"No, no, then I will play chess with the immortal."

When Master Sanyang saw that he had agreed, he asked the Taoist boy to play chess. The two of them played chess. Tianxing's chess moves were very hectic and perfunctory. After half the game, he found himself defeated. Master Sanyang talked to him. , he is also wandering in his mind with one match but no one.

"The king is a little distracted in this game, how about you and I try again?"

"Ah, okay, okay" Tian Xing went back to pick up the pieces again as if in a fugue, and even picked up the Taoist priest's pieces into his own box.

In this new game, he had not made a few moves before he made a series of mistakes, and his mind was not on the chess game at all.

"I suddenly remembered that there are a few young disciples of the same generation in the temple who asked me to go there in the afternoon to explain the Tao Te Ching to them. I see that it is getting late at this time, so I should go." Master Sanyang glanced secretly he

When Tian Xing heard that the Taoist Master said that he had something to do, he breathed a big sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up to say goodbye. "Since the Immortal Master has something to do, I won't delay any more. I will take my leave first."

"Okay, okay, then I'll send you off far if I'm sorry."

"Stay, stay!" Tian Xing asked Master Sanyang to stay while he walked out. As soon as he stepped out, he ordered Gao Zijing to quickly fetch the horse and rush to the market to look for poor children.

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The poor girl was wandering around in the market without any purpose. When she saw some strange food, she bought some. She wanted to give Master Sanyang a taste. She also bought food from several stores that Master Sanyang usually liked to eat. She thought about going there again. Check out the bookstore on the corner, buy a few unread books and go back

After thinking about where to go, the pauper took the dried fruits she bought out of the dried fruit shop and walked towards the corner of the street. She saw the bookstore in front of her. At this time, an old woman walked towards her, walking with a staggering step. She was swaying, and the color on her face was really not good-looking. The poor boy had read some medical books when he was young, and he knew from the look of the mother-in-law that she was ill. He was about to go over to ask, but the mother-in-law hadn't taken two steps. He actually fell to the ground and fell in front of her feet.
The pauper put down what he was carrying, knelt on the ground and grabbed the old woman's wrist. While diagnosing her pulse, he called her "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law!"

The mother-in-law had already passed out and there was no response to her call.

"Poor!" Just when Po'er was anxious and didn't know what to do, she happened to hear someone calling her. When she looked up, she saw that it was no one else. It was Wang Tianxing of the Northwest who came out to look for her.
"Tian Xing?" Pao'er was very happy to see him coming. "Come here and help me. This mother-in-law suddenly fell here. Please help me carry her to a cool place first."

Tian Xing and Gao Zijing got off their horses. Gao Zijing alone carried the skinny mother-in-law under the eaves of the nearby tavern. When the owner of the tavern saw someone moving a dirty, thin and dying old woman under his eaves, he immediately came out and shouted, " What are you doing? Why did you bring a dead man to my door? Please carry him away quickly and don’t leave him here."

Before he could finish speaking, Gao Zijing took out a handful of silver and put it in front of his eyes. The boss immediately stopped talking.
"Go and get a bowl of water for this mother-in-law to drink," Gao Zijing said to the boss.
The boss took the money with a happy smile and put it in his arms, "Yes, yes, yes, I will serve the water myself, please wait a moment, sir."

"What's wrong with her?" Tian Xing asked Pao'er
"I took her pulse and found no disease, but her pulse was very weak and her qi and blood were weak. She must be hungry." The poor man squatted next to the old woman and looked at her worriedly.

"Girl, girl, here's some water for you." The tavern owner handed over the water flatteringly.
The pauper took the bowl, thanked her, and asked the boss to get her a small spoon. The pauper took out the snacks she bought for Master Sanyang and put them in the water to dissolve. Then she slowly went in with the water and the snacks. The old woman gave it to her mouth

The mother-in-law slowly woke up after eating. Although her hands and feet were still weak, she became conscious. After eating a bowl of food, the color of her face looked better.

"Thank you so much, girl." My mother-in-law was still a little short of breath when she spoke.

"Mother-in-law, you are welcome. How long has it been since you have eaten?" The poor child put the bowl on the ground, and asked her while holding the old woman's hand.

"I can't remember either. My son hasn't been home for several days, and the family has run out of food. I was so hungry at home that I couldn't stand it, so I wanted to go to the city to beg for some food. Unexpectedly, I didn't even take a few steps into the city. Fainted"

(End of this chapter)