Episode 141: Wang Erlang
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In the past half a month, the renovation of the Kunlun Courtyard has finally been completed, Xiaoyu is still in retreat to refine the demonic power of the mandrill, but Wang Yi has already taken care of his body in advance. After experiencing a storm of life and death, he seems to have become a lot more mature all of a sudden, and his speech and demeanor are a little less wild and uninhibited, and more calm and heavy.
As a friend, Jiang Chen is both happy and sad about Wang Yi's growth, and the joy is that after he becomes calm and heavy, he will naturally be more beneficial in the future, whether he is an official or a person; sadly, this kind of progress is only obtained at the expense of part of his nature.
"Zhiqiu Dao Chang, these days, thanks to your care, I was able to survive the catastrophe safely. In the temporary new hall, Wang Yi was full of gratitude: "It's just that Xiaosheng has been away from home for a long time, and he misses his parents and wife at home, so he came to say goodbye today." β
"Hmm. Jiang Chen nodded, "It's indeed time for you to go home." But then, the voice in his mouth changed, and then he asked again: "However, before you go home, you should think about how you should treat your family after you go back. β
Hearing this, Wang Yi was slightly stunned, and his face was full of guilt: " Thank you for reminding you of the autumn road, don't hide it, these days, I am seriously injured and sick in bed, often reminiscing about the past, I always feel that the most sorry in this life is the inner son Chen, she and I are childhood sweethearts, and a young couple, these years, because I want to concentrate on studying, she has a lot of neglect, but she loves me very much, my parents are old, thanks to her filial piety, and I am in the time of study, do that wind and moon behavior, cause trouble not to say, really do not live with her, but also against the teachings of my parents in the past, in the future, I will definitely double my filial piety to my parents, cherish my wife, this life is no differentγ β
"Okay!" Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh: "Although I have experienced a life and death, if you can understand the true feelings of the world, it will be a blessing, but you must not just talk about it, you must remember your words today, and you will be able to gain something in the future." β
"Ashamed, ashamed. Wang Yi said again and again: "I know that the autumn road is long, but please rest assured, as the so-called, there are gods three feet above the head, not to mention that before the statue of the Sanqing gods, I have to export, and the money is not exchanged, and the horse is difficult to chase!"
"In that case, let's go. Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Remember to say hello to Lingtang on my behalf, if you have time, you might as well come to the mountain to sit, although I intend to travel far away to experience Hongchen, but at least after half a year." β
"Farewell. Wang Yi bowed his hand, turned around and left, and after a while, he passed through the courtyard and walked out of the gate of the Taoist temple.
Jiang Chen saw him go away, so he chuckled to himself, and he also did it automatically, the reconstruction of the Taoist temple, the forbidden formation used in the defense, still needs to be rearranged by him, the area of the Taoist temple is not large, and the foundation of the original formation is still there, so it is not too difficult to rearrange the formation with his current cultivation mana.
After three or four days of busy work, Jiang Chen rearranged the formations inside and outside the Kunlun Courtyard, and only then did he settle down, and concentrate on consolidating his surging cultivation mana on the mountain, so as not to use the reincarnation talent and the Netherworld Soul Refining Technique to trick himself, which would make his foundation unstable, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
Moreover, he doubled down on the talent he had obtained from the mandrill, and now, he was at the critical moment of transformation, and his cultivation was more efficient than ever before, so he forcibly suppressed the idea of going out of the mountain in advance, and instead devoted himself to diligent cultivation and hard work, refining his martial arts and Taoism.
In a blink of an eye, more than 20 days passed, and on the first day of the new month, Wang Yi took his parents Gao Tang, his wife Chen and his cousin Wang Erlang to the mountain to offer incense together.
Wang Yi was so confused by the mandrill that he almost lost his life, he deliberately concealed it from his parents and wife, but in the end, he still underestimated his parents' attention to him, and his wife's carefulness, so a few days after arriving home, he was interrogated by Master Wang, and his parents and wife were shocked and happy, and they were naturally full of gratitude to Jiang Chen, the Taoist priest who saved Wang Yi's life. Because it was not good to go up the mountain immediately after the fifteenth, the family of four decided to come at the beginning of the next month.
Yes, a family of four, Wang Erlang is not included, the reason why he came here is because he heard about what happened to his cousin Wang Yi, and he is very interested in Jiang Chen, a Taoist priest who can subdue demons and subdue demons and have strong spells, and secondly, because a friend of his is in a similar crisis and wants to go up the mountain to ask for a way to see if there is a way to save him.
People went up the mountain with full gratitude, and Jiang Chen naturally had to receive him well, because he was now a monk, so there was no need to shy away from anything, and directly invited the Wang family and his party to go to the side hall for tea.
Master Wang is forty or fifty years old, with a slender physique, although he is old, but he is not obese, his face is quite upright, he has a beard with a figure of eight, and there is also a strand and a half white long beard on his chin. β
"That's a big deal. Jiang Chen hurriedly responded modestly: "Not to mention that Xiaodao and Wang Gongzi live next to each other, it is a fate, plus Xiaodao and Wang Gongzi have a deep friendship, how can friends be in trouble? β
"Hey, Zhiqiu Dao Chang's words are wrong!" Wang Lao Fu smiled and said: "No matter what the reason, the Taoist saved the child's life, this is an indisputable fact, and I heard that the Taoist is in order to get rid of the monster, a big war, the Taoist temple is seriously damaged, and it must cost a lot to rebuild the Taoist temple, and the old man's family is also thin and floating. As he spoke, he ordered the servants who accompanied him to offer one hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, and a number of rice, grain, incense, and candles.
"Where. Jiang Chen has experienced several reincarnation worlds, and even the palace has broken in, and he has never seen any treasures, let alone some gold and silver treasures, but after all, this is the kindness of others, and he is not too easy to refuse, otherwise it will make people suspect that he has some bad intentions, so he had to respond: "In this way, thank you Lord Wang for your kindness." β
"Haha" Seeing that Jiang Chen had accepted the money he had offered, Master Wang couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Daoist Zhiqiu is really a cheerful person. β
"Master Wang, please drink tea. Jiang Chen smiled and held up the tea bowl, respecting each other from afar, without the slightest sense of being cramped to accept people's money and take people's short-handedness.
At noon, Jiang Chen left them to have a meal in the Taoist temple, during which Jiang Chen saw that Wang Erlang often hesitated between his eyebrows, and he knew that the other party must have difficulties, and he might be able to ask for himself, so when he ate, he put a fennel bean in his bowl.
After lunch, the Wang family and his party said goodbye and left, Jiang Chen sent them to the mountain gate, and watched them gradually move away, until the figure completely disappeared from sight, but it was still standing at the door, but after a while, there was a person on the mountain road, it was none other than Wang Erlang.
"I've seen the Zhiqiu Daoist!" Wang Erlang turned back to the Taoist temple, and saw Jiang Chen standing in front of the mountain gate, as if waiting for someone, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand.
Jiang Chen smiled and said, "You really came back." β
Wang Erlang lowered his head and said: "Before, at the dinner table, the Taoist chief sandwiched a fennel bean for me alone, didn't you want me to turn back and find the Taoist alone?"
"It's a wise one. Jiang Chen smiled and asked, "Say, you came to look for me, what is the matter?"
Wang Erlang said: "Not for myself, but a good friend of mine, named Liu Xun, ancestral home of Changshan, and later moved to Guobei County with his family, is a studious person, we met because of a literary meeting, and we have a similar temper, so we became friends." A few months ago, he suddenly had a strange disease, drinking like water every day, drunk every day and dreaming of death, and later, the whole person drank into mud, lying on the bed, unable to get up, but still to drink, if he was cut off from the wine, it was like taking his life, his parents and wife for him to extend the medical treatment, never improved, his family had no choice, so they posted notices everywhere, whether it was a Taoist priest or a doctor, as long as he could save his life, he would be rewarded with a thousand gold. β
"Oh?" Hearing this, Jiang Chen was a little interested, although he knew that the result might not be too good, he still asked, "Then what happened?"
Wang Erlang smiled bitterly: "Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, as soon as this notice came out, there were really a lot of people, at the beginning it was just some You Fang Langzhong, and then there were all kinds of Taoist monks, and even Mi Po and Ma Xian in the countryside, it was really varied, all kinds of things, but, under such a toss, my friend Liu Xun not only did not get better, but went to half his life. β
After a slight pause, he bowed down to the end, and said: "Zhiqiu Daoist, I know that you are a master with supernatural powers, I beg you, please go and save my friend's life." β
"Huh?" With a deep groan, Jiang Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up, and said in his mouth: "Saving people is the precept of my teacher, why do you need to ask for it?" and said: "Listen to what you said, although your friend is fine in a short time, but after a long time, it will definitely damage his life, or not, human life is at stake, so I will go with you and go to Guobei County to see if I can save your friend's life?"
"Ah, thank you Zhiqiu Daoist!" Hearing this, Wang Erlang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and when Jiang Chen closed the courtyard door, he hurriedly led the way, and the two of them went to Guobei County together (to be continued. )