"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Dunkong's eyes were full of surprise and inquiry.
I closed my eyes and whispered: "Dad is fine. Uncle Liao has his own things to do. You will see him in the future."
"Will he still accept me as his apprentice?" Dunkong asked me in a low voice.
I shook my head.
"Oh..." Dunkong lowered his head.
I stood up and walked outside the courtyard.
Dunkong trotted to keep up with me.
I walked to the door of the house, and He Pheasant was still practicing the mourning stick there. In the main room, Xu Baoshu and his wife were setting out the food to eat.
I looked up at the sky. Although the sun was still dazzling, there were already signs of sunset.
In fact, I once again had the intention to ask Liao Cheng.
However, I quickly dismissed it.
Liao Cheng and I made it clear at the beginning that we should do our own things well so as not to disrupt Dunkong's destiny.
Lowering his head, Dunkong was already standing beside me, and he was still looking up at me.
"Tunkong, if you dream again, just feel what you dreamed about."
"You don't have to ask dad anymore, whatever you feel is what you feel, do you understand?" I said softly.
Dunkong shook his head and whispered: "Dad, I don't quite understand."
He Zhi walked towards us. She asked me confusedly what was wrong?
I smiled and said it was okay.
My hand flicked Dunkong's head again, and after a long time, I said, "You will understand. When you understand, you will know your father's painstaking efforts and you will also know many things."
Dunkong lowered his head, thinking hard.
At this time, Xu Baoshu hurried over and respectfully invited me to come and eat.
I responded to Xu Baoshu with a smile and motioned for He Fei to pull Dunkong over with him.
While eating, Xu Baoshu and his wife Xiulan were waiting aside.
I asked them to sit down at the same table, but Xu Baoshu refused to say anything.
After that, he reported to me again. He just went out to take a look and found that the doctor invited from the city had arrived.
Not just Chinese medicine, but also foreign doctors.
I nodded in appreciation.
After finishing the meal, it was dusk.
The mayor brought some more people.
But these townspeople are not the same ones I have seen before.
Most of them were pale, but their mouths and noses were covered with cloth strips, so the rest of their faces could not be seen.
Obviously, these people are sick.
As soon as everyone entered the courtyard, they knelt straight on the ground and kowtowed to us.
I frowned slightly and didn't say much.
After they finished kowtowing, I held up my hands and sighed: "Everyone, please stand up."
These townspeople slowly stood up.
But their eyes were red, and they looked at me with extreme gratitude.
The mayor's voice was choked with sobs, and he said: "Sir's kindness will never be forgotten. The townspeople want to build an ancestral hall for him."
My hands stiffened for a moment, and I immediately shook my head, saying that my intention was enough, and there was no need to waste people and money at all.
As a result, the mayor said that he would not do it to the people, because I saved the lives of the townspeople, and he would not do it to hurt money.
Because not only was there a lot of property in the tomb, but in order to save their lives, two of Hood's men handed over the money they had stolen from the tomb and sold it, which was a huge sum of money.
He Zhilian moved lightly, she came to my side and whispered a few words.
What she basically meant was that I saved the townspeople. Since the townspeople all have this intention, there is no need to restrain themselves.
This is also a way to spread the reputation of Dixiangkanyu.
I pondered for a long time, and then looked at the mayor.
"It is not impossible to build an ancestral hall, but the ancestral hall should not be extravagant. It only needs a thatched cottage and cannot enshrine my statue."
After saying that, I took out a piece of hemp paper, rubbed the ink with the Tiangan inkstone, dipped the Dizhi pen in the ink, and wrote numbers on it.
"Mr. Black Yin-Yang came out of the earth's prime minister, and Li Yin-Yang, a disciple of Jiang Yihong, experienced this."
When the ink on the hemp paper dried, I picked it up and handed it to the mayor.
The mayor felt as if he had found a treasure and murmured: "Sir, you have a good word."
The rest of the townspeople also admired me even more, and generally whispered among themselves that I was honest.
I didn't answer the call again.
After the mayor and the others left, it was almost dark.
Xu Baoshu and his wife Xiulan went to clean up, while He Zhi, Dunkong and I returned to the room.
He Fei was about to take Dunkong to bed, and I told them that we were not staying here for the rest of the night and were leaving overnight.
He Zhi was slightly puzzled and asked me why? I have to leave. Can it be different tomorrow morning?
I told He Pheasant that if we leave tomorrow, the townspeople will definitely come back to express their gratitude, and maybe they won’t let us leave.
He Zhi nodded, indicating that he understood.
We packed up our things, waited for Xu Baoshu and his wife to rest, and then left the yard with Dunkong.
The carriage was kept outside the courtyard.
After we got in the car, I asked He Zhi and Dunkong to rest inside, and then drove away.
After leaving Zhanshan Town and traveling for about an hour or two, Dunkong and He Zhi were already fast asleep.
I found an open space near the woods to rest.
The next morning, after they woke up, we continued our journey north.
I passed through some villages, towns and cities, but I didn’t go in again, I just stopped briefly at the outer edge.
In a blink of an eye, about half a month passed.
The number of pedestrians on the road gradually began to increase. According to past experiences on the road, we should be approaching a provincial capital here.
I don't know why, but I feel a little nervous.
He Pheasant spent more time looking around.
When I can see a city at the end of the road, I feel it is very familiar.
There was a sudden look in He Pheasant's eyes, and he murmured: "Pingyang Provincial City, Yin Yang, we are actually back here."
Her words immediately gave me an enlightenment, and I understood where these familiarities came from!
This is actually the provincial capital of Binh Duong!
When I first met Xu Baipi, I gave him the place where the great ancestor of the Zhou family moved his tomb.
It was also the place where I ordered a house for the Ding family and where I had a grudge against Mr. Yi Zhi, Yang Zhushu!
Similarly, I also thought of Qiu Tianyuan...
Qiu Tianyuan colluded with the warlords and allowed the Ding family to commit evil and make money...
Liu Huayan returned to the Qiang people here. Since then, our interactions have gradually decreased...
"Dad, can you go to the city to buy candied haws on a stick?" Dunkong called me softly.
"Okay." I touched Dunkong's head.
Squinting my eyes slightly, I looked at the city in the distance, but I was thinking about one thing.
What happened to the Ding family was due to my poor academic skills.
This event made a lot of things happen.
Master also told me that I still need to resolve this matter myself.
Over the years, I have never had time to take care of it, and since Pingyang is far away, I have put it on hold.
Now, on the way, I came here by accident. I'm afraid it was fate's arrangement.
"Let's go to Ding's house and have a look." After my thoughts settled, I said.
He Zhi nodded and said a good word softly.
After hesitating for a moment, He Zhi added: "All their men are equipped with guns."
"I'll give you and Dunkongmi a yard to rest in. I'll go and see it on my own. You can take him for a walk and buy some things he likes, including your rouge and gouache." I continued.
In the past few years, like He Zhi, she is no longer the same as before. She has to follow me in everything.
Especially after she became more aware of Mr. Yin Yang's abilities.
In He Zhi's words, she just wanted to help me and didn't want to cause any trouble for me.
