"Old Taoist?" I thought silently in my heart. Almost all the people here are Taoists. Calling them "old Taoist" is too general.
Seeing me stop, Gu Xindao was confused. After all, he couldn't hear me talking to the old Taoist. However, when he saw the old Taoist stopping there, he understood the truth in his heart and couldn't help but said to me excitedly: "Chengyi, you're such a lucky kid. People may not be able to hit it off even if they come to the ghost market ten or eight times. There are very few people who can hit it off on their first visit. I didn't expect you to actually hit it."
I was also excited inside. I couldn't help but smile happily. I didn't want to hide it hypocritically, so I said to the old Taoist: "Old Taoist, please wait a moment while I talk to my friend."
The old Taoist had a calm temper. He nodded, put his hands behind his back, and waited aside.
And I said to Gu Xindao: "Brother Xindao, I have to trouble you to wait for me for a while."
Gu Xindao is also an open-minded gentleman. He envies my fate but is not jealous. He said to me: "I'm afraid I can't wait for you. I don't know how this ghost market calculates time. Put it this way, if I I didn't meet the fate and found the door to the market, but I still stopped here. When the time is up, I will be kicked out of the ghost market! It is a waste of time for me to stay here. After all, there are many good things in the market. I think When you go to the market, you don't need my guidance. Besides, you have met fate and staying here will not reduce the time you can stay in the market, so I will take the first step."
I nodded and said, "Okay, I won't waste Brother Xindao's time. We'll see you later when we leave the ghost market."
In this way, Gu Xindao and I said goodbye, and then walked towards the old Taoist, saying, "I wonder why the old Taoist stopped me?"
It's no wonder that I'm stupid. I really don't know how to communicate when I meet fate, so I have to ask directly.
That old Taoist followed a completely different route from my master. It was not a sleazy style, nor did he follow Gu Chaowen's route. Well, a sloppy style!
He was tall, his facial features looked quite majestic, and he was very imposing. If I had to compare, I sadly thought of my deceased Master Uncle Li, who had such an imposing personality.
Faced with my question, the old man pondered for a while and said, "Come with me."
With that said, he turned around and left with a long stride, and I followed him step by step.
In this way, I walked through about two alleys in silence. In front of a quiet courtyard, the old man opened the door and took me in.
This courtyard may be this old-fashioned residence. The environment inside is very quiet. He sat on the stone bench under the flower vine shelf while I was sitting, and then he walked around me and walked back and forth several times.
Then he frowned slightly and said to me: "Yes, you have something familiar to me. Let me tell you directly, what is your last name, and who did you study under? Maybe you are someone I am familiar with."
These words reminded me of one thing, that is Master Liu, who asked me to come to the ghost market. He once said to me, that is my master's connections.
In fact, except for those people in the department, I have never had any contact with my master's so-called connections. Could it be that this veteran is also the same? Looking at his clothes, I have judged before that he and my master should be from the same era.
So, I didn't dare to be negligent, so I quickly said: "Young man Chen Chengyi, studied under Jiang Lizhun."
"Who do you think your master is? Jiang Lizhun? Xiao Jiang?" The old Taoist became excited all of a sudden, and his voice became a little louder.
I don’t know what went wrong here, I just felt that it was so joyful for my master to be called Xiao Jiang, but I still said to the old Taoist with certainty: "Yes, my master is Jiang Lizhun, and I am Lao Li A disciple of Yiyishanzimai."
"Hehe...hehe..." After receiving my affirmative answer, the old man was obviously excited. The hehe sound was not a laugh, but a natural sound made in his throat due to excitement. He walked back and forth in the yard. step, which made me nervous.
After a long time, he finally stopped and said: "Xiao Jiang and I have quite a friendship. I heard that Xiao Jiang came here a few years ago. Unfortunately, I have never met him, but you are his apprentice." , let me meet you. Just because of this, you and me should be destined to meet each other. But, no, no... "
As soon as I heard him mention that he knew my master, I was already as excited as him. This may be my luck, and it is also God’s destiny for me to find my master, so he allowed me to spend three days in this ghost market. I got so many opportunities during this period.
But he said it was wrong. What was wrong? I was a little confused, but I didn’t know where to start.
But at this time, the old Taoist himself said: "I'm afraid you can't understand what I mean when I say this! Why don't you find some clues from my identity to answer me, why is your soul familiar to me? First of all, if a person is in close contact with another person, they will always be tainted with some of the soul breath of others. Just like couples sometimes become more similar as they grow older, friends will also have more and more similar habits. , this is a manifestation of souls influencing each other and being contaminated by the breath of souls. Therefore, after I tell you my identity, you kid must remember it carefully for me. "
In fact, he was not the only one who was curious about this. I quickly replied: "Old Taoist, tell me. I think my memory is still good."
"That's good, let me tell you my name first. If you can't remember anything based on this, I will tell you about me in detail." The old man seemed to be very concerned about the familiar smell on my body, and he ordered like this I.
I think he didn't ask me directly because of some small calculation. After all, I was still a stranger to him, and he couldn't verify the authenticity of my words. What if I made it up for some benefit... If he said his identity, and then ask me to answer the question, the chance of this is much smaller.
So I said readily: "Okay."
The old man seemed to feel honored by his name. When he was about to mention his name, he straightened his back, coughed, and then said: "My name is Yuan Zhenyong, boy, do you recognize me?" ?”
"What?" I stood up all of a sudden and stared at the old man blankly. I was in the state of a soul now, and the body was illusory. There could be no real physical reaction, otherwise I would definitely be shaking all over at this moment!
I didn't expect that I would meet him. I have heard the name Yuan Zhenyong countless times because there are two people who always talk about him to me! !
My thoughts almost involuntarily flew to the deserted village, to that afternoon under the rain. In the falling rain, there was a man with a pale face, who asked me: "Chen Chengyi, my Yuan family is very powerful." ? How is it better than your master?" Then he fell in the rain.
This man's lifelong obsession is almost always to maintain the human dignity of the old Taoist in front of him. Who is he? He is Yuan Yi's grandfather, and I am naturally very familiar with his name. Yuan Yi will always mention him after he recovers, and Yuan Xi, now Cheng Yuan, will also mention him.
It’s him, Won Jinyoung!
Facing my move, the old man was obviously nervous. He said, "What did you remember?!"
I was in a soul state and couldn't take a deep breath. I could only try to calm my thoughts, such as whether I should tell Yuan Yi that his grandfather was here. After a while, I finally said : "I don't need to think of anything, because I am too familiar with you, and my master also respects you very much! But this familiarity has nothing to do with my master, because your grandson Yuan Yi is now my eldest brother, Your great-granddaughter, Yuan Xi, now named Yuan Chengyuan, is my youngest junior sister."
"You..." Mr. Yuan suddenly lost his composure. He was now in the state of a soul, but when he heard the news, even his soul's aura became stronger. Generally, a soul with strong soul power has no limitations of the physical body. He has been able to control his momentum freely for a long time. How excited is he that he can't control himself like this
I didn't speak, I was equally excited, knowing that this excitement would take time to ease.
Sure enough, after a while, Mr. Yuan managed to regain his composure and said to me: "Yier, I have said goodbye to him for more than thirty years. When I passed away, he was only 10 years old, or He is about 10 years old, please tell me about Yi'er, and my great-granddaughter, I have never met him."
Facing the words of Mr. Yuan, I was full of doubts. It is said that normal souls will enter reincarnation, let alone Taoist people! Why are there so many Taoists in this place who are not as good as reincarnation
Since Mr. Yuan has not entered reincarnation, he is supposed to protect his family like other 'old ghosts'. Could it be that his Taoist heart has been so perfect that he has put aside all family ties in the world and seen so clearly? No, otherwise why would he be so excited and call me out quickly when he noticed the familiar smell on my body
So what is it that makes him never even see Cheng Yuan
Suppressing these questions, I resisted asking and instead began to tell everything about Brother Yuan Yi and Cheng Yuan. I couldn't bear to disappoint an old man who valued the news about his descendants so much.