The sky was slightly bright, and Li Yu's rooster began to crow.
Li Yu dressed neatly, opened the door, came to the yard, took a deep breath, stretched, and fed the chickens first.
We have been here for a day, and these chickens and ducks will starve and lose weight just because of the paralyzed old man.
Li Yuzheng was planning to take advantage of his free time these days to go to the matchmaker in the town with his chickens and ducks and ask her to help him find a wife.
After finishing my work, I went to the old man's room as usual.
"Hey, are you awake?"
No answer.
Li Yu frowned slightly and came to the old man's bed. His face was rosy, showing a look he had not seen for a long time, and his illness was gone.
Li Yu groaned secretly in his heart, stretched out his hand to pinch a talisman, and his fingers were held down by Old Man Zhang.
"It's useless. The end is coming. You must also know that this is called returning to the light."
Li Yu silently put down his fingers and trembled a little in his sleeves, but there was no trace of it on his face. He still asked unhurriedly: "Old man, do you have any last words?"
Old man Zhang pointed to the bedside, where a rag woven bag was quietly placed. All the things that the old man valued more than his life were in it.
"Although I have taught you alchemy, I am not your master. You cannot say to others that you are my apprentice, let alone a disciple of ours."
Li Yu curled his lips and said: "Old man, you are not being honest. Who do you think is rare..."
Seeing that his complexion was getting worse, Li Yu wisely shut up and motioned for him to continue talking.
"If you care about our friendship, help me find a person who is truly good and has some wisdom, and teach him this mantle and alchemy."
After saying that, he babbled and motioned to Li Yu to open the bag.
I don’t know how long this broken bag has been used. There are still a few patches on it, but there is no peculiar smell.
After opening it, there was a booklet at the top, which Li Yu had already seen. It contained some methods for making talismans and seals, as well as some spells.
Further down, there was a withered vine and a cowhide roll. Li Yu spread it out and looked at it. There were some obscure patterns on it. He even felt dizzy after looking at it for a long time.
Li Yu quickly looked away and looked at the old man.
"Are you willing?"
Looking at the old man's eyes, Li Yu showed an impatient expression and frowned: "It's really troublesome, Lao Zhang. You know what I'm most afraid of is trouble."
The two of them have been together for so many years, and Old Man Zhang knew that even if this boy agreed, otherwise he would not have said these words.
The old man lay down, closed his eyes, and walked peacefully, even with a smile on his lips.
"If I live like you for the rest of my life, I will never laugh until I die..." Li Yu covered his body, his eyes slightly red.
Although he didn't approve of the old man, it was hard not to admire such a person.
He has traveled around the world since he was a boy, saving countless lives and doing countless good deeds.
In the end, in a thatched house, the body was wrapped in rags and left with injuries all over the body. It was really clean to go around naked.
When people die, they have to be buried in peace. Li Yu is a very traditional person and doesn't want Lao Zhangtou to die so casually.
Li Yu returned to the room and carefully opened a small box from under the bed. Inside was the money he had saved from selling amulets in the past few years.
After catching two chickens and a duck at home, Li Yu walked through the streets and came to the east end of Juye County.
Although Juye County is small, its city walls are high and thick. Bandits occur here all the year round. The rogue bandits are so vicious that they often attack the county town.
At the gate of the city, there is a team of lazy officials responsible for the entry and exit of business travelers in the town and patrolling.
The county town is not that big, and few outsiders come here. Li Yu has long been familiar with it because he has been selling amulets here for many years.
After saying hello to several waiters at the door, Li Yu trotted to a funeral parlor. The so-called graveyard is actually a funeral service, including a coffin shop and a paper-making shop. The paper-making shop specializes in elegiac couplets and funeral curtains.
Paper money, gold and silver paper ingots, paper figures and horses, archways, gatehouses, houses, poultry and other paper products burned.
As soon as Li Yu stepped in, a middle-aged man with messy hair glanced at him sideways and shouted impatiently: "We don't accept live chickens in the store."
"I'm here to buy a coffin." Li Yu tried his best to look polite and said with a smile.
"It turns out he's a customer, please come in and invite me."
Most of the people who come to the restaurant are those who have just died in the family. This boss has a temper that often gets into fights with others, so when facing customers, he always tries to be kind.
It's a pity that he is born with a fierce look, no matter how he smiles, he doesn't look like a good person.
With chickens and ducks in hand, he politely sent Li Yu out, and even kindly helped hire a donkey cart. Looking at Li Yu leaving, the boss shook his head.
"This guy is a kind-hearted guy. It looks like his family's fortune has been completely drained."
The waiter next to him laughed and said: "I didn't expect that I could save a lot of money by selling amulets. Why did my boss give him so much money so cheaply? Could it be that he had a kind heart?"
The boss spat and cursed: "You know what the heck, that boy just showed off deliberately in front of me, his hands burst out with fire and made a chirping sound. This is for me to see, this boy has some skills.
, what if I offend him and come and burn the shop for me at night?"
After spending all his savings to buy a cypress coffin for the old man and looking for a donkey cart, it was already dusk when Li Yu came back.
Dig graves, enshrine, erect monuments...
Beside the tomb of 'Taoist Zhang Chengfeng', Li Yu was so tired that he lay on the grass and suddenly discovered that the starry sky above his head was so bright.
The dazzling Milky Way stretches across the entire sky from south to north, like a silver star river flowing overhead. The half-curved crescent moon emits a charming and bright light, reflecting on the grass, like mercury pouring down the ground.
He stretched out his limbs as much as possible and felt the night breeze blowing over his body. The air was as cool as water and refreshing. After a busy day, Li Yu felt indescribably comfortable all over his body.
"Old man, you really know how to trouble people... It's easy to bury you. Where can you find a true and kind person these days?"
"Old man, you have done good deeds throughout your life and saved more than ten thousand lives. With so many virtues, you should have some blessings, right?"
"You have to protect me..."
It was time to pack up and travel around. Li Yu sighed in his heart. He had spent all his savings. This trip was just a poor trip...
"I hate traveling on a budget the most..."
Li Yu sighed, stood up and left, preparing to go back and tidy up.
The current situation is not optimistic, and Li Yu can only console himself in his heart. Although he is poor now, with the skills he has accumulated over the years selling amulets, he should be able to survive without starving to death wherever he goes.
After he left, only the stone tablet was left, standing alone on the spot, with the moonlight shining and the grass making a rustling sound.
After a while, a small beast with a thin head and a long neck sneaked up to the grave.
This thing is covered in yellow hair, so it is called a weasel or a weasel among the people.
Its head shook vigilantly, its nose kept twitching, and suddenly it bowed to the tomb like a ghost.
The moonlight was like water, and this scene looked a bit desolate.
