Chapter 21 Grandfather and Grandson
The old man lived on the edge of Lin'an County. Li Fan and Li Hongyi followed the old man for a long time.
Judging from the old man's footsteps, he thought he had gone out to the Chenghuang Temple in the middle of the night to pray for his granddaughter.
The houses in the old alley were dilapidated, as if they might collapse at any time, and there were puddles everywhere on the road. In a narrow dilapidated yard, the old man sat on the floor outside a door that was about to rot, and said: " Xiaohe, today I went to the Chenghuang Temple to pray for you.”
"The reason why you are not well yet must be that the merits of the sacrifices are not enough. Grandpa does not have the ability, so he can only accumulate little by little. When the merits are enough, you will definitely get better."
"Today, grandpa met two young men at the Chenghuang Temple. They were very polite and called me grandpa. Although the girl had her face covered, her eyes were really beautiful. She was as full of aura as you and her body was very good. If you can It would be nice to be like her when she gets better.”
"There is a young man beside her, who must be her husband. He is so handsome. When you get better, grandpa will find someone to help you matchmaker. How about you find such a good-looking husband as well."
The old man said that there was a bit of longing in his eyes, and he rarely smiled.
This fantasy scene is so good.
The old man kept talking to himself and said, "Xiaohe, you must be hungry. Grandpa will cook you something to eat."
As he spoke, he got up with difficulty, walked to the side to pick up firewood, counted every grain of rice and put it into the pot, and finally made a good fire. The old man was sweating profusely, and he walked to the side and picked up the firewood next to him. The bark of the tree was actually chewed.
But due to my old age and bad teeth, I had to nibble bits and pieces, chewing and swallowing with difficulty.
Li Hongyi couldn't stand it anymore, so she raised her steps and walked in. Li Fan took her arm. Li Hongyi glanced at him and saw Li Fan walking in front of her and outside the yard, shouting: "Grandpa .”
The old man raised his head, calmed down and saw clearly that they were Li Fan and Li Fan. He supported his body and wanted to get up, but saw Li Fan taking a step forward: "Grandpa, just sit down."
"Why are you here?" the old man said.
"I heard grandpa say that my granddaughter has a strange disease. I have learned some medical skills, so I came here to see if I can help. Grandpa, don't mind." Li Fan said.
"The place is small and there is no place to sit." The old man was a little restrained.
"It doesn't matter, let's sit on the ground." Li Fan sat next to the old man, and Li Hongyi also sat down with him.
"Eating this stuff is bad for your health." Li Fan said to Li Hongyi beside him: "Madam, go buy some food."
Li Hongyi: "?"
Are you addicted to acting?
"Okay..." Li Hongyi stood up and walked outside.
"How is this good?" the old man said.
"Doctors are kind-hearted. Grandpa doesn't need to mind." Li Fan said.
The old man's eyes were a little red, and he looked at the pair of beauties in front of him and said, "It's really nice."
"But Xiaohe is afraid of strangers and doesn't speak during the day, fearing that he won't come out."
"It's okay, I can wait." Li Fan already understood what was going on outside.
Xiaohe may know the truth about the City God's Temple matter.
Not long after, Li Hongyi came back, carrying a lot of things in her hands, like a woman living her life, but not like the fairy in red from Lin'an County.
"Hey..." The old man just sighed and wiped his tears when he saw this scene.
"The old man is ashamed." The old man said.
"Old man, you said you got better after your granddaughter went to the City God's Temple last time. Maybe you were about to get better, but you can't tell. Now that Xiao He has not gotten better after begging the City God many times, you won't go there in the future, right? Li Fan advised.
"Young man, there must be some hope in life." It's not that the old man doesn't understand this, but what else can he do besides this?
What else can be done?
Li Fan understood that praying to God and Buddha was probably to seek peace of mind and hope.
It's a pity that the one he begged for was the evil god.
"It's so tiring to live." The old man sighed: "But for Xiao He, I have to hold on. If Xiao He really has any shortcomings, I will go with him."
Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of sadness.
Li Fan did not break the old man's fantasy. This was the old man's hope of living.
Li Fan and the old man were chatting casually. The sky was getting dark and the temperature in Lin'an City seemed to be a bit colder.
The old man waited until it was completely dark before knocking on Xiao He's door and saying, "Xiao He, the young man I told you about is here. He has medical skills and is here to help you."
No one responded.
The old man shouted a few more times, but there was still no sound.
He was a little disappointed, looked at Li Fan and said: "Xiaohe is afraid of life, I'm afraid he won't want to come out."
"Grandpa, you go and rest first. I'll wait for a while. If Xiao He refuses to come out, we will leave." Li Fan said to the old man.
"That's fine. There has been a lot of chaos in the county recently. You must be careful when you go back." The old man reminded.
Li Fan nodded, and the old man went to the woodshed to rest.
"Miss Xiao He, we have something to ask you." Li Fan walked to the door of the room and whispered, without responding.
"About the City God's Temple." Li Fan said again, but still no one answered, so he walked back to his original position and sat down.
The night was getting darker, and the gloomy atmosphere in the dilapidated yard became a little heavier.
Li Fan and Li Hongyi had no intention of leaving for a long time, so they just sat there and waited.
A gloomy wind blew in, bringing with it a hint of coolness, and the dilapidated door made a squeaking sound.
When Li Fan turned around, he saw a figure standing silently behind them. His hair was disheveled, covering most of his face. The exposed half of his face was pale, and his eyes were ferocious. She turned out to be a female ghost. "Xiaohe?" Li Fan asked in a low voice.
The female ghost was stunned, pulled her hair to both sides, and completely exposed her pale and bloodless face, staring at Li Fan.
Li Fan also looked at her.
Female ghost: "..."
Why don't they run?
"Xiaohe, is that you?" the old man's voice came. The female ghost looked panicked and said, "Grandpa, don't come out."
"Okay, grandpa won't come out. They are here to help. Xiaohe, please have a good chat with them." The old man said.
"Okay."
The female ghost responded obediently. She stared at Li Fan and Li Hongyi and pretended to be ferocious: "I don't need help."
"Miss Xiao He, we are cultivators." Li Fan responded. Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Li Fan and said, "I have never harmed anyone, please be noble and let me go."
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No wonder Li Fan is not afraid, maybe he is here to deal with her. If she is gone, grandpa will not be able to bear it.
"Miss Xiaohe, we are not here to hurt you, we just want to ask you something." Li Fan said: "Shall we go out to chat?"
"Okay." Xiaohe nodded and straightened his long hair. He no longer had the ferocious look before, but looked a little weak, looking only fifteen or sixteen years old.
Li Fan was stunned for a moment when he saw that the other person was younger than him, and walked out silently.
The two took Xiao He to the roof next to them, and Li Fan asked: "Miss Xiao He, we saw your grandfather kneeling down to worship the City God today at the City God's Temple. After asking about your situation, we found out about your situation. Is your death related to the City God?"
"Sir, I don't know anything." Xiao He was so frightened that he knelt down again, his body trembling slightly.
Li Fan still wanted to speak, but saw Li Hongyi stepping forward.
"Miss Xiao He, we are cultivators and have nothing to do with the City God, nor do we believe in ghosts and gods. Many women disappeared the day before yesterday. I suspected it was related to the City God, so I went to the City God Temple to check." Li Hongyi said softly: "Is that true? City God?”
Xiaohe's body trembled even more, and Li Hongyi said again: "Xiaohe, it would take a long time for grandpa to go back and forth from here to the City God's Temple, and his body can't stand the torment anymore. Do you want to continue to torture like this?" Grandpa?”
Hearing that grandpa Xiaohe couldn't hold himself any longer, he knelt on the ground and said in pain: "I didn't want to, and I tried to persuade grandpa, but grandpa insisted on going. If grandpa knew the truth, he would definitely go to the Chenghuang Temple to ask for an explanation. It would harm me. Dead grandpa’s.”
"Grandpa's body is weak. He can't withstand the storm. I shouldn't continue to exist in this world, but I can't worry about grandpa getting old. If I leave, grandpa won't be able to survive..."
"Xiao He, tell me what happened?" Li Hongyi asked.
Xiao He looked up at Li Hongyi, still a little hesitant, but seeing Li Hongyi's sincere eyes, she finally said: "That day I went to the City God's Temple to pray for my grandpa. It was late, so I stayed in the temple to rest. That night the City God showed up. In front of me, after asking about my family situation, he took me to the underground of the City God's Temple. There was actually a prison. The City God, he, he..."
Xiao He recalled in pain: "That was the City God, a god. He actually imprisoned women to extract their Yin Qi. I was also imprisoned after being humiliated. I was so filled with grief and anger that I died in prison. I somehow became a ghost." , fled back to grandpa, I just want to be with grandpa one last time.”
Li Fan and Li Hongyi were silent after hearing this. It must be that the resentment and yin energy were so strong that Xiao He turned into a ghost.
"Let's go." Li Hongyi suddenly turned around and said.
"Where to go?" Li Fan asked.
"City God's Temple." Li Hongyi said.
"No rush." Li Fan looked at Xiao He and said, "Miss Xiao He, you can go to Fulong Villa to find Sister Xiu and Mr. Liu. Just say that Li Fan asked you to go. Maybe they can help you."
"Okay." Xiaohe didn't know whether he heard it or not, and said to Li Fan: "Sir, can you not reveal that it's me?"
"Don't worry." Li Fan nodded. After Xiaohe knelt down and thanked the two of them, he returned home and found the old man sitting outside. He smiled kindly when he saw her come back.
"Xiao He, you are back."
"Grandpa." Xiaohe nodded.
"Xiao He, come to grandpa."
"Grandpa, I'm cold."
"It's okay, Xiao He, come here." The old man waved. Xiao He hesitated and sat down one step away from the old man.
The old man looked at his granddaughter and kept looking at him, his eyes getting redder and redder. Xiao He asked: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"
"Xiao He, tell grandpa, are you dead?" The old man's eyes were bloodshot.
"Grandpa..." Xiao He stood up in shock.
"Since you came back, it has been very cold at home. You refused to go out during the day and only came out at night." The old man said: "Those two young people are not ordinary people at first glance. They are not afraid of the cold at all. They go out at night. Maybe it’s a fairy flying around.”
"Grandpa is not stupid, it's just that he doesn't want to think about it." The old man cried bitterly: "Xiao He, grandpa failed to take good care of you. I feel sorry for you and your parents."
"Grandpa." Xiao He knelt beside his grandfather and cried.
"Xiao He, let grandpa hug you." The old man stretched out his hand tremblingly. Xiao He knelt and walked to the old man. The old man hugged her gently and passed his hand through Xiao He.
The old man smiled, held his hands in the air, and said with his eyes closed: "Xiao He, don't be my granddaughter in the next life. You must remember to choose a good family."
"Grandpa, Xiaohe will be your granddaughter in the next life." Xiaohe cried.
When she raised her head, she saw that her grandfather's eyes had been closed and he was lifeless, but he still held her.
"Grandpa, let's go together." Xiaohe rested her head in the old man's arms, and her body gradually dissipated.
In the small courtyard, two shadows appeared, an old man and a young man holding hands, and gradually disappeared between the sky and the earth.
(End of chapter)