Chapter 114: A Bolt from the Blue
Mrs. Li rested on the bed for a long time.
Her fate was taken away, and she was in extremely bad condition. She was in a daze the first time she came back to her senses, and she called everyone she saw her son.
I called Wuweishanren three times, Wugen twice, Caiyi once, and Wuhui seven times.
When he saw Zuo Chen, he kept shouting like a benefactor.
It wasn't until she burned a stick of incense that her mind finally calmed down.
Seeing Wu Hui kneeling next to her in Taoist robes, Mrs. Li couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of her eyes.
"My child, you have suffered so much these years. It's all my mother's fault. It's all my mother's fault..."
Mrs. Li touched Wu Hui's temples with her hand and spoke in a tone of voice There is emotion in it, and there is also unconcealable sadness.
Seeing this scene, Wuwei Shanren also had some muddy tears in his old eyes.
"Sister, just wake up. Let the past be bygones, and never go to that bastard place again. Don't gamble again."
Wuwei Shanren's words were serious and thoughtful.
But who would have thought that after he said these words, Mrs. Li sighed repeatedly:
"Brother, you misunderstood me. I actually didn't bet at all at that time."
"Huh?" Doubts filled Wuwei Shanren's mind.
"Zhao Laosan told me that he had a good business, so he took me to that place. When I arrived, I found out that it was actually a gambling house, and I wanted to run out. But suddenly a bad guy appeared in front of me. The man in clothes blew on me, and I don’t remember anything after that.”
This?
Wuwei Shanren originally thought that Mrs. Li was deeply involved in gambling and spent three days losing all the remaining family property, but he did not expect that things turned out to be like this from Mrs. Li's perspective.
“The Five Confusions and Three Techniques are the methods commonly used by the Beggar Gang to harvest and cut animals. With some special medicine, just blowing on them can confuse people’s minds.”
Caiyi whispered softly next to him:
"I almost did this when I was a kid, when the old man came to take me back."
As Zuo Chen listened, his eyes became cold.
He used to think that it was Mrs. Li who brought this upon herself, but now it seems that the prodigal family must have taken a fancy to Mrs. Li's natural destiny of wealth and gambling, and tried to adjust her destiny.
Sure enough, this kind of activity will eventually turn into banditry.
Wuwei Shanren was so angry that his teeth itched after hearing this. He immediately wanted to take out the hatchet in the woodshed and go back to Dongshui City to fight with that man.
But Zuo Chen stopped him.
"Everything is over, you will lead them to live a good life here and don't cause trouble for yourself."
Wuwei Shanren was slightly stunned.
He always felt that he should not say such things according to his character as a Taoist brother.
But now that Brother Dao has spoken, he can only nod his head dullly:
"Everything is according to Brother Dao."
Zuo Chen could see that Wuwei Shanren was unhappy, but he just smiled and patted him on the shoulder:
"Anything that is unjust must be punished." Kill yourself, maybe he will be struck to death by lightning tonight."
Wuwei Shanren always felt that there was something in Zuo Chen's words.
……
The swinger paced left and right in the gambling den, constantly twirling the ends of his hair with his index finger, twisting it around and around.
His eyes were gloomy, his mind was disturbed, and his mind was filled with the face of the Taoist priest today.
Since he opened this gaming house, he has become a well-known figure in the city. Who wouldn’t look up to him when walking on the street?
As a result, I was tricked today and almost lost my underwear!
It was really hard for him to swallow this tone!
But the little Taoist priest's status was too high. He was so tall that he couldn't see clearly when he raised his head and stood on tiptoes. Let alone revenge, even if he tried to get in front of others, he wouldn't dare!
After much thought, I finally gritted my teeth and stamped my feet, feeling that I couldn’t stay in Dongshui City any longer.
I have to go back to Kyoto, find a few of my old friends, and try again to make a comeback.
Thinking of this, the swinger hurried directly to the third floor of Bo Theater.
At the corner at the end of the third floor, the swinger walked in through the door.
This is a study room, and it is also the place where the entire gambling house manages money. Usually only the accountants and the swingers come here.
Walking to the deepest part of the study, he placed his hand on a pile of bamboo slips on the desk and twisted it hard.
The entire bookshelf moved to the side, revealing the deep corridor inside.
The wanderer quickly walked towards the corridor and soon arrived at a small secret room.
This is a small house, across the street from the Bo Xi Fang small building. It was supposed to be a personal residence, but after it was bought by a vagabond, some modifications were made.
Now it has become a secret room that cannot be entered from the outside, but can only be entered from the inside.
There are several shelves in the secret room, and on each shelf are jade carvings of gold and silver, some of which have been processed into jewelry.
These are the last possessions of the vagabond.
I quickly put all these things into the small bag, and took a stack of banknotes and put them in my arms.
After thinking for a moment, he opened the small box and took out six crystal clear dice.
These are the fortunes he has accumulated over the years, and each one is different. Some can bring bad luck to his opponents, while others can make him suffer misfortune.
Most of the fate holders have died, leaving only a dice in his hand.
This is also a treasure.
I held them all in my arms.
The wanderer found a small stick in the yard and hung the parcel on it.
He took off his animal skin and tidied his clothes, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a beggar with a big bag.
Originally I started my business by doing waving and recruiting and harvesting, but now I am just starting it all over again with my family fortune.
You can still make money!
Going out of the compound, I deliberately found a street with no people around, and started walking sneakily in the street.
Suddenly I felt a gust of cold wind blowing around me, and I couldn't help but shiver. I subconsciously looked up and found that the sky had become overcast with clouds. Is this going to have an autumn rain?
It is said that every autumn rain and cold come, do you need to go back and get the animal skin to wrap it up?
As soon as this thought came into my mind, I suddenly felt my hair standing on end.
What's going on?
The swingers had never seen anything like this before, and they just felt it was numb and very novel.
Suddenly, he turned his head and saw that his package was shining with a little light.
I reached in and took out a small gold ingot.
This gold ingot is shining with light blue light.
“Boom!”
A silver-white lightning flashed through the air and struck into the back alley like a pillar.
Passers-by who were admiring the wind and watching the lanterns by the river were all startled by this thunderbolt. Especially from the flower boats in the lake, there were many women exclaiming, and men cursing, angrily yelling at the thief. Not for beauty.
The gamblers in the casino also walked out, not knowing what happened.
Looking at the sky again, it is cloudless. The stars are beautiful and the moon is shining brightly. Where is the thunder?
A few good friends saw that the place where the lightning flashed was a nearby alley, so they walked in twos and threes towards the entrance of the alley.
When they arrived at the place where the lightning struck, they were all so frightened that their legs were paralyzed, and the streets and alleys were in a state of panic.
In the middle of the ground, there is a body that has been burned and has no visible shape. His body is wrapped in melted gold and silver, which seems to be mixed with his flesh and blood. There are even some jewels and jades among them. , just like a rich corpse.
After being frightened at the beginning, the few people who came together noticed the melted gold and silver on his body, and they became a little greedy and wanted to pick them off.
When the boldest one came to the corpse, he lowered his head and saw that there were six square holes in the chest of the corpse.
It seemed like...
Six dice burst out of his chest and escaped.
...
Early the next morning, Zuo Chen finished his breathing practice at night, walked out of the guest room door, and found Wu Gen and Cai Yi supporting Mrs. Li for rehabilitation.
After getting her destiny back, Mrs. Li's energy and energy recovered very quickly, and her face was rosy again than when she woke up yesterday.
But after all, I have been bedridden for a year, and I am afraid it will take some time to recover.
Looking around again, he saw Wu Hui coming out of the firewood room with a plate in his hand and several bowls of porridge on it.
He carefully placed the porridge on the table. It looked much more delicate than before.
"Uncle Master!"
Seeing Zuo Chen coming out, Wu Hui's face lit up with joy, and he came to Zuo Chen in three steps and two steps at a time.
He originally wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but Zuo Chen waved his hand directly:
“It’s so early in the morning, kowtowing will ruin your appetite.”
Then he changed his posture and bowed his hands to Zuo Chen.
“Such a great kindness can’t be repaid even if you act like a cow or a horse. Wu Hui also knows that the master’s uncle is very powerful. I’m afraid there’s nothing Wu Hui can do to help. But as long as the master’s uncle opens his mouth, no matter what he does, , Wuhui will definitely try his best."
Zuo Chen looked at this kid up and down.
After retrieving Huigen, his eloquence has indeed improved a lot, and he is a smart young man.
“You just need to be more diligent, do good deeds diligently, and help one person if you can, that is the greatest reward for me.”
"Wu Hui understands."
"Go back and take care of your mother."
Wu Hui nodded, then turned and walked towards his mother.
After he walked far away, Wuwei Shancai came out from the side:
“Brother Dao, let me just say it, Wuhui is actually very smart.”
Zuo Chen nodded: "He is indeed a smart young man."
He then said to Master Wuwei: "I will leave at noon today, Taoist friends, please take care of yourself."
"Brother Taoist, I won't leave you two more." "Sunday?" Wuwei Shanren was shocked: "I haven't had time to give Brother Tao some tea."
"Just wrap two bags in oilcloth paper." Zuo Chen waved with a smile: "I have an appointment with Sima Mansion." , no matter what, I have to go and show my face."
Knowing that Zuo Chen would not be left behind, Wuwei Shanren finally bowed to Zuo Chen and said, "Brother Tao, I wish you good luck in the future."
"I would like to thank you for your kind words, and I hope you will follow suit."
I packed up my luggage, called Cai Yi, and sat on the donkey cart. The donkey man moved forward lightly with his hooves and walked down the mountain.
After watching Zuo Chen leave, Wuwei Shancai returned to the Taoist temple.
But before he had time to rest, he suddenly heard Wugen exclaiming from beside him.
"Master, come and see this!"
Wuwei Shanren hurriedly approached Wu Hui, only to find that there were two more boxes in the courtyard. The boxes were full of white silver ingots, each containing a thousand taels!
A few talismans were placed above the silver ingot, which seemed to have been written by Zuo Chen himself.
Wuwei Shanren was stunned for a few seconds, and he hurriedly ran towards the entrance of the Taoist temple.
But when he arrived at the door, there was no one there.
Only the blue sky and white clouds in the distance illuminate a bright road down the mountain.
Grandpas, please support me!
(End of this chapter)