The next day, Master Decheng and his party followed the carriage.
At noon, the guard in front turned to Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan and shouted: "The hill ahead is the easiest to fall gravel, so walk faster.
"Okay. "
After Shi Xiaoliu replied with a loud voice, he whispered to Shi Zelan: "Do you feel that the air is much moister? "
Shi Zelan nodded: "It will definitely rain here at night. ”
In the carriage, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng exchanged glances and said to Shi Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, run to the front and tell the guards that the carriage must speed up."
Shi Xiaoliu jumped off. The carriage ran to the guard in front and passed the message, and the man laughed: "This is what I just told you."
Shi Xiaoliu looked at him, then ran forward, and ran to Next to the guard leader: "Uncle, my master has sent a message, telling us to move forward faster."
After hearing Shi Xiaoliu's words, the guard leader became serious and nodded to Shi Xiaoliu: "You also need to be faster."
Shi Xiaoliu stopped on the side of the road and heard the guard leader's message: "Let the leading carriage run."
After the caravan's carriage accelerated, the official road kicked up clouds of dust, and Shi Xiaoliu had nowhere to hide.
When he got on the carriage, he called Shi Zelan: "Sister Lan, I have become a clay figure now."
"Pfft." Shi Zelan turned to look at him and smiled. , just a movement of his fingers made the carriage run faster.
Half an hour later, the caravan slowed down. Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan had serious expressions on their faces. They had already heard the sound of rocks falling behind them.
“Boom, boom, boom.”
The caravan's horses began to neigh. Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other. Their horses seemed a little too calm among a group of wildly barking horses.
Shi Xiaoliu didn't want to reveal his secret, so he could only float on the horse's back, so that when the people in front turned back, they mistakenly thought he was comforting the horse.
The raindrops were falling, and the caravan horses were almost calmed down. The guard in front turned to look at Shi Xiaoliu and climbed up to sit on the carriage frame.
He turned back to the coachman and said, "The horses in the mountains are really nice, and the owners take good care of them."
Shi Zelan handed Shi Xiaoliu a coir raincoat, and Shi Xiaoliu put it on. , said to Shi Zelan: "We horses can't live without a little rain, right?"
Shi Zelan glanced at him and walked to the carriage. She said to Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng inside: "Master, Master, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. I will open the shed further."
" Okay, you can pull the grass on the carriage forward and use bamboo poles to support it until it covers the head of the carriage."
In the eyes of outsiders, Shi Zelan pulled out several bamboo poles from the roof of the carriage, and she A shed was quickly built for the carriage, and a raincoat was put over the horse's head.
After she finished these things and sat down, the sky became darker and darker, and the rain became heavier and heavier.
In the compartment, Master Li Cheng and Master Shanzheng sighed: "We really have a good relationship with them."
The guard in front came over and said to Shi Xiaoliu: "There is a shabby Taoist temple on the mountain ahead. We want to go to the Taoist temple on the mountain to take shelter from the rain."
"No." Master Decheng raised the car curtain and walked out, signaling Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan returned to the carriage.
He sat on the carriage and faced the guard and said, "Tell your boss that no matter what happens today, we can only go forward.
If he believes me, he will keep going forward. If you can't believe me, we have to move forward."
After saluting Master Decheng, the guard patted his horse and ran forward to tell the leader the news. After asking the leader carefully, he pondered. Moment: "I believe him, let's move forward."
The caravan continued to move forward, and a coachman and leader said: "Boss, we don't go up the mountain to the Taoist temple to take shelter from the rain. There is no shelter in front of us." The leader of the guard said: "Go forward until the horses can't walk anymore. . ”
The caravan kept moving forward until the horses were exhausted, and the caravan stopped at the roadside.
The guard leader walked back and saw the serious-looking Decheng Daoist sitting on the carriage, and his mood suddenly became a little unpleasant.
"Brother Cheng, our horses need to rest for a while before we can move forward."
After Master Decheng looked at his face, he sighed: "We people in the mountains are always prone to overthinking. We just stopped you from going to the Taoist temple on the mountain."
The guard leader smiled and said: "We go there on weekdays. It was a sunny day when we spent the night at the Taoist temple on the mountain."
Master Decheng looked at him and nodded and said, "You are very good, you are willing to believe me."
The wind and rain are very strong, and it is not a good place on the mountain road. place, the guard leader said he would move forward soon.
Master Decheng said to him sincerely: "After you return home safely this time, you can rest at home for two or three years before coming out.
There is always money to be made, but your family also needs your company. "
The leader of the guard reached out and took out a piece of silver from his arms and gave it to Master Decheng: "I would like to ask for some advice from an expert. "
Master Decheng thought for a moment and took the money: "You have sincerity and luck, and it is an inevitable fate for us to meet you.
Remember what I just said. Spending two or three years at home to accompany and teach your children is worth more than your hard-earned money outside. "
The guard leader nodded and said to Master Decheng: "In these years, I have been wandering outside all year round, and I have indeed neglected the people at home. ”
"It's not easy for you. The woman in your family is virtuous, and it's not easy for her. A good wife is rare, so you have to cherish it."
The guard leader walked forward in a daze. He did not see that Master Decheng was very casual. Shape the silver into a fat ingot.
After a while, the caravan continued to move forward. The drivers were exhausted, but they believed in the leader's words. Today's wind and rain were so heavy that they were really nervous, so they could only move forward.
In the carriage, Master Shan Zheng sighed. Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other. Shi Xiaoliu whispered: "We will not leave with the caravan in the future."
Shan Zheng The real person looked at him and smiled: "If this thing hadn't happened, other things would have happened. Let's just let nature take its course."
Shi Zelan thought for a while and asked Master Shanzheng: "Master, is it true that this caravan would have encountered disaster during this trip?"
"Yes, they were originally in trouble, but the guard leader was very good at being a good person. Yesterday, He even warned us that the road ahead would be difficult.
On the road today, he also specifically reminded us that the road ahead was dangerous.
He did the first grade of junior high school, and we had to do the fifteenth grade. "
Shi Zelan listened to Master Shan Zheng's words and took a breath: "Master, if they avoid this disaster today, will it be better in the future?"
"Today is not over yet. The wind and rain outside are so loud that we can only move forward.
Your uncle is watching from outside, so you can't go against the will of heaven."
Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan opened the door curtain and looked at the getting darker sky and the lantern hanging on the carriage in front.
Shi Zelan said to Master Shanzheng: "Master, I want to go ahead and take a look." (End of Chapter)