656 See the Taoist Priest Again
In the second half of the night, Ping An got up to see Huo Zhi. Huo Zhi was sleeping soundly and had no fever at all.
"Master Ping'an." Huo Youdong walked in.
"Shh." Ping An signaled him not to make a sound and pointed outside the door.
He closed the door gently and said, "Your master has taken the medicine and it has worked very well. You can go to sleep peacefully."
"Yes." Huo Youdong bowed deeply without saying another word.
Huo Zhi opened his eyes and looked at the faint moonlight shining through the windowsill. His heart was as light as a cloud.
Ping An, no matter how difficult the future may be, you will always see a vigorous Huo Zhi. He will no longer sigh or become depressed.
Ping'an went to the washroom and took off his outer coat, mask, and shoe covers, then washed his hands and face carefully.
Then he tiptoed back to the kang.
He still slept with his master. Master Shi Sanye felt it was uncomfortable for three people to sleep together, so he insisted on sleeping in the carriage.
Without any thoughts in mind, he fell asleep immediately.
"Wake up, wake up."
"Master, I want to sleep and rest for a while." He muttered and was unwilling to get up.
"Get up, you little brat."
Ping An only felt that someone lifted him up, and his whole body became lighter and landed on the lawn.
lawn?
He woke up suddenly with a fright.
This is an endless green grassland, with nothing else except the blue sky and white clouds above.
"woke up?"
"Master Taoist? I haven't seen you for a long time." Ping An was surprised and happy. On his way to Jiangnan, he had always wanted the Taoist Taoist to appear in his dreams, but his wish never came true.
The Taoist priest was dressed in a blue-gray Taoist robe and holding a folding fan in his hand. The faint moonlight enveloped his body, making him look elegant and otherworldly.
The handsome guard stood about ten feet behind him, looking at him with a smile.
"Master, are you here to teach me the recipe for curing the plague? This is a big deal. I wonder if Ma Huang Tang will work? I don't think it's that easy."
"That's long-winded."
Ping An stopped talking. Wasn’t the Taoist priest here to teach him how to break the impasse?
"Peace, you see."
Ping An just watched the Taoist priest wave his folding fan, and the scene in front of him changed.
Ping'an found himself still in the inn, with Lin Feng and Xiao Wu following him, as well as Lord Huang, Ou Tongzhi, Wang Qing and others, as well as his master and Master Shi Sanye.
Soon, the master followed Huo Zhi to the Huo family to treat Mr. Huo's stroke, and Mr. Shi San also went with them.
But he couldn't leave.
Mr. Huang smiled and said, "We have finally dealt with the plague. You will be returning to Beijing soon. Master Ping'an is the top scholar in the imperial examination. We would like to invite Master Ping'an to go with us to the dam to see how to repair it best. This summer flood is really scary. So many people died. The government storehouse is also empty."
Ping'an thought, just go, it's already November, I have to leave in two days, and it will be the middle of the twelfth lunar month when I return to Beijing.
The group arrived at the Yujiazui Dam. The damaged part of the dam was only temporarily blocked with sacks filled with stones. This was not a big deal, but it would definitely not work in the long run.
A few people talked and gestured for a long time, and when they were about to leave, two carriages came rushing over.
At first they thought something had happened and the bailiffs moved in a panic, which is not uncommon. The group stood with their backs to the river without moving.
The carriage did not stop and drove straight towards Mr. Huang and Wang Qing and the others.
The escort Hu on the carriage yelled, "All of you go to hell, all of you go to hell together."
Ping An jumped up in shock and pulled Wang Qing over. Wang Qing fell to the ground beside him, but he himself was swept by the carriage and fell uncontrollably into the still turbulent river.
The moment he fell into the river, he saw Lin Feng and Xiao Wu jumping down one by one. Wang Qing also wanted to jump, but was held tightly by an official nearby. Also falling into the water were Lord Huang and Tongzhi Ou. Escort Hu swung with the carriage for a while, and then sank with the carriage without struggling at all.
Ping An couldn't remember whether he was dreaming or in reality. The water was deep and fast. Xiao Wu and Lin Feng were very brave, but their water skills were average. He barely managed to hold them together and not sink, but Mr. Huang rushed over and hugged him tightly,...
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The result is predictable, I am gone, Xiao Wu and Lin Feng are gone too.
The scene changed, and the green grass returned to its original state.
The Taoist priest looked at him gently, "Ping An, I wanted to leave it at that and take you away early to start another life.
But then I thought, this is unfair to you, you still have a lot of things to do, you haven't sent your parents off, and you haven't raised your children.
Everything has cause and effect, evil people also have good sides, and good people also have things they can do but don’t. After showing you these, do you know what to do? "
Ping An knew that the Taoist priest had come to help him break the calamity.
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Taoist priest three times, "Master, I kowtow to you today. I will offer you tea tomorrow."
He saluted the guard again, and the guard quickly returned the salute.
"Master, when you pick me up tomorrow, can you take my master and my husband with you?"
The Taoist priest asked back, "They are more than twenty years older than you. If you want to take them with you, you won't live very long. Do you know this?"
Ping An shook his head: "It's okay. When they are over 80, I will be in my 60s. Mu Yang will be 40 by then. I won't need to take care of him. That kid is very smart."
By then, Awu will have children and grandchildren, and a large house full of descendants.
It’s a pity that I can’t bring Mr. Big with me.
Ping An suddenly remembered that he had never thought of bringing his own family with him, but the ones he couldn't let go of were his master and husband.
What's the reason for this?
Before he could ask what the prescription for curing the plague was, everything in front of him disappeared.
"Master, Master, please don't leave, Master."
"Peace, peace, wake up, wake up."
Sun Sicheng saw his apprentice dancing in his sleep and realized that he had a nightmare, so he hurriedly woke him up.
Ping'an sat up and found himself still on the broken kang.
"Master, I dreamed of the Taoist priest."
Sun Sicheng was shocked: "Master? Did you ask him for the recipe to cure the plague?"
Ping An told everything that happened in his dream in detail.
"Master, I was just about to ask the Taoist master for his recipe for curing the plague when he disappeared. It seems our recipe may work.
But in the dream it seemed like mid-November, and now it is mid-October. How much can happen in one month.
Master, I should have asked the Taoist master from the beginning."
Although Sun Sicheng felt regretful, his disciple never forgot to ask the Taoist priest to take him and Awen with him when he picked up the child, even in his dream. This shows his filial piety.
"You should live a long life in this life. You don't have to live many years less for me and your husband."
Ping An smiled and said, "Master, if the Taoist priest can come to pick me up, can't I come to pick up my family in the future? It doesn't matter where I live, right?
Master, the Taoist priest is very capable. I believe some of his abilities were not learned from the Great Zhou, but he never said where they were from the beginning to the end. "
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