Throwing down the wooden barrel tied with a rope, Lin Zi rolled up his sleeves and pulled up the bucket. Halfway through the pull, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The bucket suddenly became heavier for some reason, and he couldn't even pull the rope.

"There's something down here, Xiaocai, take an oil lamp and shine it down."

"Oh, good." Xiaocai picked up the oil lamp and walked towards the entrance of the cave. Under the light, a skinny face came into view!

Xiaocai was so frightened that he threw the oil lamp in his hand into the well, and crawled to hide behind Lin Zi, but Lin Zi could feel the pressure of the rope in his hand suddenly lighten, and he was able to pull the wooden barrel out all at once.

The bucket of water had a strange smell, which Lin Zi was no stranger to.There was once a wealthy businessman whose servant girl couldn't think of jumping into a well, and then his house began to be haunted. The master asked him and his senior brother to fish out the maid's body first. The well water smelled like this.

"There are corpses in the well, right?" Lin Zi stretched his hand into the wooden barrel and washed it without hesitation.

"It's Aunt Zhang!" Xiaocai said in horror, "I saw her face! Will she come to me?"

"The happy ghost during the day?"

"No... that's right."

"Does she like to speak ill of others behind their backs?"

Xiaocai nodded with disgust on his face, "It's true that she has a bad mouth, and she thought she was beaten up for talking too much - she often speaks ill of my mother in front of others!"

"Then you don't have to be afraid of her. She is an underground ghost, and she will be wiped out when she meets a masculine person or a flame of sunlight. It's dangerous to discuss in the middle of the night. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Lin Zi wiped off the water on his hands, and followed him. go back.

Even the oil lamp was gone, the way back was pitch black, he couldn't see anything, Lin Zi walked steadily ahead step by step, he heard that practitioners can see at night, Xiao Cai tightened his clothes along the way, for fear of himself was left behind.

Lin Zi went back to the room, sat on the bed and meditated like a normal person, Xiaocai crawled back to the bed, wanted to ask him a few words but didn't know how to speak, sat beside him and stared at him for a while, but the child's energy was limited, his eyes blinked twice tiredly fell asleep.

When it was dawn, he would definitely be able to sleep for a while if the village chief, Uncle Li, hadn't knocked on the door.

Uncle Li is old, with a haggard appearance, and looks very haggard, "Xiaocai, have you seen Aunt Zhang? She hasn't been back all day."

Xiaocai quickly said, "I know! She... um!"

Lin Zi covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a gentle voice, "He said that I might have a solution, just looking for people and things, and I will."

Uncle Li was bluffed, and he responded in a dazed voice.

After inviting people into the house, Lin Zi asked, "May I ask Aunt Zhang's name?"

"Zhang Mingqing."

Lin Zi didn't change his face, "Qing character is associated with 'well', accompanied by the character of water... and the character of 'ming' is connected with 'ming', this is probably a big problem."

Uncle Li was dumbfounded, "You mean?"

"You'd better fish in the well."

At this time, a few men carrying water passed by outside the house, and I vaguely heard them talking about why the well water is so muddy today, and there is also a faint smell.

Uncle Li walked out in a daze, towards the direction of the well.

Xiaocai looked up at Lin Zi, was silent for a while, and said, "Master, were you talking nonsense just now?"

"That's right, if you say it directly, what will he think? If you ask me, how can you explain the ghost thing? We are even suspected of being a murderer..." Lin Ziyu said earnestly, "You have to listen to Master. If not, Master will not harm you."

Xiaocai glanced at him secretly, gritted his teeth and said aggrievedly, "Didn't Master dislike me yesterday?"

"I'm just kidding you. Can adults take what they say seriously?" Lin Zi sighed, thinking what was going on, staying up all night to get rid of ghosts, but coaxing children. "The hanged ghost will often find people who have suicidal thoughts. I don't have such thoughts, so I have to wrong you. If you feel uncomfortable, hold back. Don't say it, I don't want to hear it."

Xiaocai: "..."

After eating breakfast with the leftover cold steamed buns from yesterday, Lin Zi packed up his things. Seeing his appearance of walking away at any time, Xiaocai hurriedly packed some clothes and food, and wrapped them into small parcels Hang it on your back.

After tidying up, one big and one small went to the frontier.

Originally, Lin Zi had estimated the distance, and he could reach it before the sun went down. Unfortunately, Xiaocai was a child with short legs, and he couldn't walk fast. He wanted to rest from time to time, but he only walked halfway.

I had no choice but to find a mound and hide behind the mound to rest for one night.

The temperature was low at night, and there were jackals and other ferocious beasts nearby. Lin Zi raised the fire, buried the two small sweet potatoes that Xiaocai had brought, and roasted them in the fire. The roasted sweet potatoes were fragrant and soft and sweet in the mouth.

It's a pity that there are only two of them, he and Xiaocai only have one each, it's okay if they don't eat, if they are very hungry, they don't feel hungry, but after eating, they get even hungrier.

"Master, where are we going?"

"Go find someone."

Xiaocai tilted his head as if thinking of something, and asked him, "Is it from the army? The son of Aunt He from the village is in there. She often goes there to deliver food to her son, and it takes two days to go back and forth. I don't know what Master wants Who are you looking for?"

Lin Zi had a rare smile on his face, "It's the general, He Huai."

Xiaocai opened his mouth, wondering if Master is so powerful?How could he have anything to do with General He.

General He is a legend, and storytellers in the city like to talk about his deeds the most. For example, he frightened the barbarians into immobility when he was in front of the enemy army with a sword, and he took the head of the general without any soldiers. class.

Another example is that the oiran in the capital, the princess in the palace, and the heroine in the rivers and lakes all have secret feelings for him. It should be a good story about a hero matching a beauty, but it is a pity that the guy is a piece of wood and does not understand the heart of a beauty. For example, a heroine gave him a sword , He said that if you give me a family heirloom, you are not afraid to piss your father off?Another example is that the princess gave him a jade pendant, and he pawned it when he saw that it was in good condition.

The most interesting thing is that once an oiran gave him a handkerchief, which aroused the envy of a group of dandies who couldn't exchange a thousand pounds for a beautiful smile. Said that this thing is too slippery and can't be wiped clean, but it should be easy to wash, and it will be cleaned by someone tomorrow before sending it back...

Xiaocai looked eagerly at Lin Zi, "How did Master know General He?"

Lin Zi rubbed his hands, his voice sounded very happy, "General He saved me."

Lin Zi was a kidnapped child, because he was too young when he was kidnapped, he no longer remembered where his hometown was or who his parents were.The traffickers sold him to a wealthy businessman who had no children, but since he joined the wealthy businessman, the business of the wealthy businessman has been worsening day by day, and finally reached the point where he wanted to sell his ancestral house!

The wealthy businessman was not reconciled, so he invited an expert to come over to see if there was something wrong with Feng Shui. The expert made a calculation and pointed to Lin Zi and said that the problem was with this child. Lu, whoever gets close to him will be unlucky.

The rich businessman was suddenly enraged, he picked up a broom and beat and cursed him out of the house.

Lin Zichen, who had no home again, turned into a little beggar. He fainted from hunger on the side of the road and was rescued by General He, who was still a boy at that time. Ancestor, the Taoist Temple received the favor of General He's father many years ago, even though he knew that this guy was a broom star, he took him in.

Rongsheng's Taoist temple was now so desolate that the brothers sometimes couldn't even eat enough, Lin Zi felt that it had something to do with him.But his master always comforted him by saying that it was not his fault. When he first came, he was in a prosperous age, and everyone had money in their families, and they were willing to give more money for things like fortune-telling or worship.

Later, the first emperor passed away, and the new emperor was young and playful, and the officials under him acted recklessly.Now that the new emperor has grown up, he has also developed an arrogant and extravagant temperament. Taxes have been raised again and again. Fall down.

Because he was so young at the time, Lin Zi only knew that he had been rescued, and he promised his benefactor that he would study hard and repay his benefactor in the future, but he didn't know the identity of his benefactor at all.

He came of age last month, and the old temple master told him that your benefactor is General He, yes, that is the General He who the storyteller talks about every day, and the shadow puppet show every day...

The old temple master also said that as a Taoist priest, the most important thing is cause and effect. General He saved himself.

That being said, Lin Zi even suspected that the old temple owner suspected that he ate too much and wanted to kick him out, because a few months ago when he passed by the old temple master's room to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, he heard him say that there were not many meters in the temple. According to Lin Zi's way of eating, I'm afraid he won't last three months, so let's just find a reason to kick him out, shall we?

Lin Zi, who was hiding from the door and eavesdropping: "..."

Lin Zi packed his things silently, and the next day he took the blueprints hand-painted by his master, which seemed to be printed on messy woolen threads, and set out on the road.

Xiaocai, who thought there was some shocking secret, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Master has made the Taoist temple poor, so he went to his childhood benefactor who might be able to support him?

"My master said that returning karma is easy and difficult, and I promise to help him with the matter, but I can't get entangled with him anymore, or a new karma will be planted." Lin Zi sighed, "Don't worry, we will leave after we find someone to repay our favor, and we will never have any entanglement with him, really."

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