Taoist Qingshan, who was originally sitting cross-legged on a cushion in meditation, gradually clenched his teeth and his tightly closed eyelids kept trembling.
The last bit of the timer incense burned out, midnight arrived, the black hair had turned completely white, the tight skin gradually became old and loose, and old age passed in a blink of an eye!
"puff!"
Taoist Qingshan suddenly opened his eyes, leaned forward and spat out a mouthful of blood!
He supported himself on the ground with his hands, and collapsed instantly when he saw his hands covered with wrinkles and age spots!
"No, don't!"
He raised his hands in front of his eyes, and his eyes were stunned when he saw his hands that had become bony.
The moment he lowered his head, his eyes fell on the gray hair on his shoulders. Taoist Qingshan touched his face with trembling hands, and panicked when he felt the wrinkles on his face.
"No, no, no!"
Taoist Qingshan's eyes were bloodshot, and he staggered up from the cushion and rushed towards the magnificent golden Buddha statue in front of him.
He grabbed the Buddha statue in front of him and put his whole face forward. When he saw his own sallow and wrinkled face through the magnificent Buddha statue, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground!
“Waste, waste!!”
He pounded the Buddha statue in front of him with both hands, and the whole hall was filled with crisp and sharp sounds.
The servant on duty outside the door hurried in after hearing it, and saw a figure with gray hair sitting on the ground.
The servant swallowed hard and asked tentatively, "Master Qingshan?"
"Waste, waste! Waste that can't even bring a single person back!"
Taoist Qingshan had been immersed in his own thoughts and did not hear the servant's voice at all. He was pounding the Buddha statue in front of him and was going crazy!
Seeing this, the servant stopped and didn't dare to move forward. He was confused and stared with his eyes wide open. Knowing that he shouldn't be here at this time, he turned around and ran out!
Fortunately, Taoist Qingshan didn't notice his presence in the end, otherwise he would have started a massacre in the Sitang!
Taoist Qingshan sat paralyzed in the succession hall and went crazy for a long time. Finally, his broken body could not hold on any longer. He fell to the ground, clutching the white hair hanging in front of his chest with his hands.
"It's over, everything is over..."
Taoist Qingshan, who was lying on the ground, muttered to himself, with a ferocious light flashing in his turbid eyes.
"Aren't you on duty in front of the Sitang? Why are you back?"
The servant who had just escaped from the Sitang ran all the way out of the Sitang territory and bumped into the housekeeper on the way.
The servant's face was pale, and his wide-open eyes were filled with deep fear. He grabbed the butler's arm with both hands, and his whole body was trembling.
"Crazy, crazy! Taoist Qingshan has gone crazy!"
"What?!" The housekeeper's narrowed eyes widened: "Speak slowly, what on earth is going on?"
The young master was still waiting for the Taoist priest Qing Shao to rescue him, how could he suddenly go crazy!
The servant swallowed his saliva and told the housekeeper with a pale face everything he had just seen in the hall. After hearing it, the housekeeper was shocked and grabbed the servant's shoulders tightly.
"Is what you said true? Did you really see with your own eyes that Taoist Qingshan's hair turned white overnight?"
The servant nodded emphatically: "It's absolutely true, Steward. Everything I said is true. I wouldn't dare to hide a single word!"
The butler staggered back two steps. The servant was startled and hurried forward to support him.
"What's wrong with you, butler? The master and the mistress are not here. If anything happens to you again, who will take charge?"
The butler looked solemn, and immediately thought of the rumors he had heard a long time ago.
"Butler, butler, what's wrong with you?"
The servant was no longer afraid and looked at the butler with a worried look on his face.
The butler pursed his lips, the color draining from his face.
"No, it's okay. No one is allowed to get close to the Sitang until the master and the mistress come back. Do you understand?"
"Yes! The housekeeper doesn't look well. I will help him back to his room to rest."
The butler nodded and walked towards the room with a stumbling step.
I hope he's overthinking it...
Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu spent some time at the Fo'an Temple and did not return to the Gu Mansion until noon the next day.
The housekeeper and the servant who was on duty in front of the Sitang yesterday were already waiting in front of the Gu Mansion. When they saw the Gu Mansion's carriage, they hurried forward to greet it.
"Master, Madam."
The butler called out from in front of the carriage.
After hearing the butler's voice, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, who were dozing off in the carriage, frowned and slowly opened their eyes.
"Have you arrived home yet?"
"Madam, we've arrived."
The driver responded from the front, and just as he finished speaking, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu got out of the carriage one after another. They had been traveling for three days and three nights in a row, and their eyes were dark and dark, and they exuded deep fatigue from head to toe.
"Master, Madam."
"Butler, is Chuan'er okay these days?"
Mrs. Gu shook her heavy head to wake herself up, but she was still thinking about Gu Yunchuan.
"Madam, don't worry. The young master is fine. The people in the mansion have been keeping it a secret from him these past few days, following your instructions."
"That's good. Where's Taoist Qingshan? Has he returned to the Taoist temple?"
When Taoist Qingshan was mentioned, the faces of the housekeeper and the servant beside him changed slightly, but they were still in front of the mansion gate, and people were passing by, so the housekeeper did not say anything.
"Master Qingshan is still at the mansion. Master and Madam, please go back and see him."
Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu didn't think much about it and stepped into the mansion.
After learning that Gu Yunchuan enjoyed everything he ate, the two did not go to his room to see him first, but went directly to the Sitang.
On the way, the butler asked several guards to follow him. This unusual behavior attracted the attention of Mr. Gu, who frowned and looked at the butler.
"What happened in the house during the days I was away?"
The housekeeper knew that he could no longer hide the truth, so he told the servant everything he had seen in the hall yesterday.
Master Gu's eyes widened and he stopped in his tracks: "Is this really true?"
The servant nodded quickly, "I saw all of this with my own eyes, and I wouldn't dare lie! If you don't believe me, Master, just go to the successor hall and find out!"
"How, how could this happen? He was fine before he left, how could his hair turn white overnight?"
Mrs. Gu was shocked. She couldn't believe that Taoist Qingshan had a head full of black hair before he left, but it turned all white overnight!
Now that the backbone of the mansion has returned, the housekeeper hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the rumors he had heard before.
"Master, Madam, I have something to say but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."
Master Gu turned his head and looked at the housekeeper: "Just say it."
"I heard a rumor a long time ago, and now I think it's quite similar to what Taoist Qingshan is experiencing right now."
"What rumors?"
Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu spoke at the same time.
The housekeeper said word by word: "Borrow, fortune, longevity."
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