"Tao... Tao Dharma?!"
"This must be a Taoist immortal!"
"I think so, otherwise it will disappear in the blink of an eye!"
"Come on, find the immortal. I want to learn from the master!"
"Let's split up!"
"Go and inform the magistrate..."
“......”
From the quarter of an hour when Locke disappeared, the people gathered in the nearby Blackwater city fell into chaos and some inexplicable fanaticism.
Taoism and immortals have always been magical and magnificent things spread in the ordinary human world in Qingyang. For these people living at the bottom of the secular world, legends are often audible but not available.
Now, suddenly, a monk with Taoism appeared in front of them. Why don't these people get excited and excited.
If you can get the guidance and blessing of immortals, it is their creation for several generations.
When the people of Heishui city fell into the enthusiasm of looking for immortals, the immortal they had been looking for came to a simple house in the southwest lane of Heishui city.
There is an old poplar planted in front of the house. According to Han Shuo's memory absorbed by Locke, when Han Shuo left here more than 30 years ago, this poplar was an honest young man. However, over the past 30 years, even the trees famous for their longevity seem to be declining and old.
On a weathered plaque, the word "Han Fu" has been worn and turned white.
"It seems that some families are in decline." Under the bronze mask, Locke sighed.
When Han Shuo left 30 years ago, it was the stage when the Han government turned from prosperity to decline. Judging from the current situation, the relatives of the Han government have not been very happy these years.
Gently buckle the copper ring in front of the door, and the rusty copper ring collides with the wooden door, sending out bursts of harsh "clattering" sound.
Patiently waited for a few minutes, but there was no news in the house. Locke took his time and continued to buckle the copper ring patiently.
With the powerful spirit of his third-class creatures, it is natural to see that this government yard is inhabited.
Sure enough, after about 15 minutes, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the hospital.
"Come, come." If you don't see someone, you should hear his voice first. It should be a young girl who speaks.
The wooden door was pushed hard in the "creak, creak" sound, so that Locke was very worried about whether the wooden door would suddenly fall apart next second.
When the wooden door opened, a pavilion girl dressed in navy blue stood behind the door.
Holding a wooden basin in her hand, the basin was full of starched clothes. A few drops of sweat fell on her forehead. It seems that the girl ran out of the house all the way.
Although she was tired and panting, the woman didn't show any gaffe. After standing upright, she politely asked Locke, "who are you? Are you looking for someone?"
The Han family was a famous scholar family in Heishui City decades ago. Han Shuo was able to worship the outer gate of Hailan sect, not only because of his qualification of three-line miscellaneous Linggen, but also because the family behind him provided some help.
Obviously, the woman was influenced by the atmosphere of her family. She was not in a hurry and was a little literate. With her face sweating at this time, I was still pitied.
There are a lot of wooden pots and underwear in her hand. It's really difficult for the girl. Locke can see that she should be only about 16 years old.
Because she was wearing a bronze mask, the woman couldn't see Locke's expression, let alone Locke's appearance. She was a little strange when she saw that the strange man didn't say a word for a long time.
Maybe she stayed at home all the year round only with poetry and books. The woman was not different because of Locke's Taoist robe. In fact, the girl hasn't been out for years.
"Well, cough, is Han Zhengong still there?" Locke asked, Han Zhengong is Han Shuo's father, and should also be Han Shuo who lost his mother when he was young. He is the closest family in the world.
Locke's question widened the woman's eyes. After looking back and forth at Locke and counting her eyes, she slowly said, "my great grandfather died thirty years ago. Who are you? How can you know my great grandfather?"
If not for the strict recitation of the Han family genealogy, it is estimated that the girl will only recognize her grandfather's family elders at most. Where will she know about her grandfather.
"Thirty years ago..." Facing the woman's rhetorical question, Locke didn't hurry to answer, but sighed with a little melancholy.
He is not sighing for Han Shuo, but for the short time of low life.
After he was promoted to heaven, he had a life span of more than 1000 years. Thirty years was just a flick in Locke's eyes, but for these bottom lives below level 1, thirty years almost included most of their lives.
"What's your name?" Locke asked the woman in front of him.
Under normal circumstances, the woman would certainly not disclose her name to strangers, but in the face of Locke's understatement and indisputable inquiry, she subconsciously replied, "Han Xueer."
"Han Xueer? Well, good." Locke said with a smile that the woman's skin was white and beautiful, and she really could be called "Xueer".
Different from Locke's relaxed and comfortable, Han Xueer said her name unknowingly, "ah" screamed, then held the wooden basin in her arms and ran to the backyard in a panic.
Over the past 16 years, she has spoken to strangers no more than ten times, with strangers of the opposite sex There are few opportunities to talk. Today I came up and told her my name in a muddle. How can I not make the little girl feel ashamed.
The Terran women in Qingyang are generally conservative, especially in Dayun country, where dogmatism and three obediences and four virtues are very popular. Unless they are relatives, they will never have too much communication with the opposite sex.
Even if the future husband is married, it is normal that the husband and wife have not seen each other before marriage.
Han Xueer ran all the way to the inner house, which really embarrassed Locke outside the door.
"Is it wearing this mask that frightened her?" Locke couldn't help thinking.
Then he took off the bronze mask, and Locke also stepped into Han Shuo's memory, the Han house that had been away for more than 30 years.
Han's residence has indeed declined too much over the years. There are dozens of yards, and more than half of them are idle. Moreover, there is no furniture in the yard, which is bare.
Although the remaining half of the yard can be seen to have traces of frequent cleaning, the yard is also poor and simple.
There are only three popular courtyards. They are one where Han Xueer ran into, one where a gray old woman stayed, and one where a middle-aged man lying on his bed stayed.
Looking for Han Xueer's footprints, Locke entered the yard she ran into. This time, he finally met an "acquaintance" in his memory.