The scene inside the bus was once in chaos. Xu Shuai was driving in the front. When he heard the continuous screams from behind and looked back in a panic.
Seeing the scene before his eyes, he was scared half to death.
Suddenly, a monster with a cat's face and a human body appeared in front of him and let out a loud roar. He was greatly startled and immediately stepped on the emergency brake.
On a snowy day, it's most taboo to brake suddenly. The vehicle got out of control for a moment and then tumbled directly into the gully.
His head hit the driver's seat back, and he immediately fainted and lost consciousness.
When he woke up, the bus was basically scraped. It was a miracle that he could survive in such freezing cold weather.
When he struggled to crawl out of the vehicle, he found that he was actually in front of Granny Xu's tomb.
By now, Granny Xu's tomb had been dug open. Xu Shuai had erected a cenotaph for her here and put some of her personal ornaments in the urn. Unexpectedly, the urn had disappeared without a trace.
Zhang Xiaofan and her mother had lost all signs of life. At this moment, they were kneeling in front of Granny Xu's tombstone, their mouths and eyes skewed and their bodies pressed against the ground.
They were completely frozen stiff.
Seeing this, Xu Shuai was terrified. Encountering such a strange thing in the twelfth lunar month, that figure had clearly pounced on him.
But he had survived this great disaster. Just as he was still in shock and pounding his chest to calm his nerves, he unexpectedly found a palm - sized hole on his chest, as if someone had slapped him hard on the chest and then been counterattacked by something on his chest, leaving this mark.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that what was inside was the talisman paper he had given to him yesterday!
If it weren't for this talisman, he might have lost his life here.
He quickly took out the talisman paper, not knowing whether he should be happy or sad.
Meanwhile, the rescue team rushed over one after another. When the rescue team was counting the number of people, Xu Shuai finally came to his senses.
Where was his son? His son was nowhere to be seen on the bus.
The child was only two years old and couldn't have gone far. Moreover, from the moment he woke up until now, he hadn't heard his son crying.
The rescue team searched around for a long time but couldn't find the child.
Xu Shuai was even more desperate. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly thought of me.
Since my talisman paper could save his life, I must be able to help him find his son.
Now that his wife was dead, if he lost his son too, there would be no point in living.
When Xu Shuai got to this point in his story, he was already crying uncontrollably, pounding his chest and stamping his feet.
After listening to his story, I didn't know how to console him for a moment.
After all, he had indulged his wife's willfulness and domineering too much, and in the end, the relationship between his wife and mother had become a complete mess.
"Gu Yuan? What should we do?" I walked a bit closer to Gu Yuan and asked him about our next plan.
"Didn't he already say it? Go to Qingxu Taoist Temple and ask that old Taoist priest for the urn. Now Granny Xu's obsession is the urn. If we bring the urn back, it won't be difficult to find his son."
After hearing Gu Yuan's words, I immediately went into the house and took out my backpack.
My mother was a bit worried. She stepped forward, took my hand and asked, "Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve. Can you come back tomorrow after this trip?"
I looked up at Gu Yuan. I really couldn't answer this question.
"Don't worry. We'll be back tonight. I wonder if there will be a fair tomorrow? I still want to go and have a look." Gu Yuan spoke very casually. It was obvious that he was trying to reassure my mother.
After hearing Gu Yuan's words, the worry on my mother's face eased a bit.
"There should be one in the morning tomorrow."
I patted my mother on the back and said, "Don't worry. With Gu Yuan protecting me, I'll be fine."
My parents saw the two of us out of the door. The taxi that Xu Shuai had called just happened to arrive at the door.
Qingxu Taoist Temple was a well - known Taoist temple in the surrounding area. When I was a child and got sick, before I met the old beggar, my father had taken me to the Taoist temple once.
But the people in the Taoist temple didn't take me in. According to my father, the old Taoist priest at that time said that he didn't have the ability or the qualification to treat my illness. He also told my parents not to worry too much, saying that my fate was beyond the Three Realms and that I only lived for the living.
By now, I seemed to understand some of the meaning behind his words.
If I only lived for the living, then the living person should be Gu Yuan, right?
The car drove for a while. At around eight o'clock in the morning, we finally reached the foot of the mountain. The Taoist temple was on the mountain, and the car couldn't go up.
After the three of us got out of the car, we followed the mountain path towards the Taoist temple.
This place was called Phoenix Mountain. Besides having the Qingxu Taoist Temple, it was also a well - known tourist area here.
Don't think that just because it was winter, there weren't many people. At this time, there were still a lot of people coming here to climb the mountain and watch the sunrise and sunset.
At this moment, the sunrise had just ended, and there were quite a few tourists on the mountain, walking down the mountain one after another.
The mountain was very steep. Having to dodge the crowd and with the slippery road due to the snow, it was even more difficult to walk.
At first, I walked quite smoothly, but when I got halfway up, I couldn't go any further.
Xu Shuai walked quite briskly in front. It seemed that he didn't want to waste a single moment on the way.
Gu Yuan followed behind me. Seeing that I was walking slowly, he pretended to scold me and said, "I told you to exercise more, but you just didn't listen."
"I... I..." I wanted to retort, but I was completely out of breath.
Seeing that I was sweating profusely and gasping for breath, Gu Yuan simply walked in front of me and squatted down.
"Come on, little ancestor."
"What?" I pretended not to understand what he meant.
"Let me carry you on my back."
I pursed my lips with a slight smile and coyly said, "Oh, no need. I can walk by myself."
"Are you sure?"
When he said this, I really wasn't so sure anymore.
"Then I'll go first. That cat - faced old lady might be following you from behind."
"Ah... You bastard. You just like to scare me."
Saying this, I wrapped my hands around his neck. Gu Yuan gave a slight heave, and his hands just caught hold of my legs.
Carrying me all the way up the mountain, I lay on Gu Yuan's back, my feet swaying freely. The faint sandalwood scent on Gu Yuan's body mixed with the scent of the cedar in the mountains was incredibly pleasant.
I couldn't help but tighten my hands around Gu Yuan's neck. Maybe this was the taste of first love.
Gu Yuan walked very fast. In a short while, he caught up with Xu Shuai.
They had already covered two - thirds of the way to the Taoist temple. Although Xu Shuai didn't show that he was struggling, it could still be felt that he was starting to breathe heavily.
This steep and long hillside would make even those who often climbed mountains start to gasp for breath when they reached this point.
Seeing that Gu Yuan was still carrying me and didn't show any sign of being tired, he let out a sound of wonder at me.
No wonder. Gu Yuan now looked no different from a normal human being. Of course, he would find it strange.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, we finally reached our destination.
Xu Shuai stepped forward and knocked on the door bolt. After a short while, a young Taoist priest came out from inside.
After explaining their purpose, the young Taoist priest went back to report.
After another while, the young Taoist priest came out again and said, "Two lay believers, please follow me."
Two lay believers? There were clearly three of us. Why did he only invite two lay believers?