Mozun wants to retire every day

"Half a cup of peach blossom wine, drunk for ten years. Don't miss it when you come and go, come into the store and taste a cup of old wine~"

"Sweetie, a century-old Zhang family's handicraft, pinch a tiger and draw a dragon, lifelike, a candy!"

"Peach blossom seedlings, good peach blossom seedlings, anyone want?"

The Tianmen interrupted the opening of the Chu River, and the clear water flowed eastward here.

Tianmen Town in South Chu, located in the south of the Chu River and at the eastern foot of Tianmen Mountain, is the only way to enter Tianmen Mountain in the east and travel between the north and the south. It is the most prosperous town in South Chu.There is an endless stream of ships coming and going, and there are hundreds of inns and taverns.

In the evening, the Chu Pavilion also opens. The Diaojiao building is decorated with lanterns and festoons, singing and dancing, which is very beautiful. From time to time, you can see huge flower boats carrying girls from Chudi away. It is said that they are dedicated to the emperors of the world. .

"Hundreds of years ago, Chu Nan was not as civilized as it is now, and was called a land of barbarians in the Central Plains. Even if it was mentioned occasionally, it would never think of our Tianmen Town, but it would remind people of a very impressive place. A fairyland on earth that fascinates.

Today, this old man will tell you some old news about Chu Nan..."

In the oldest tavern in Tianmen Town, the storyteller began to speak.

"It is said that 400 years ago, in southern Chu, there was a fairyland on earth called Taoli. The scenery was beautiful. Peach trees were planted on both sides of the hillside. It's charming and intoxicating. Speaking of it, the layout and planning of Tianmen Town today is based on that Taoli. It's just that the scenery here is not as good as Taoli."

"It's a pity that the good things in the world are not strong, and the light clouds are easy to disperse and the glass is brittle. Not long after Taoli became known to outsiders, he encountered difficulties."

Speaking of this, the storyteller made a fool of himself, "Everyone, do you know what happened?"

As soon as the words fell, a frequent drinker jumped out to make trouble, "Hey, isn't it because of the evil cultivator's chaos, Taoli was destroyed once. Old man, how many years has it been, you always talk about this paragraph at the beginning, is it annoying?" Annoying, hurry up and change a paragraph!"

"Don't worry, guest officer, this is not to tell the old news of Chu Nan to all the guests who come from south to north." The storyteller smiled, quickly concluded the story, and started the next story.

There are thousands of old things in Chunan, but the destruction of Taoli is the hatred of countless Chunan people, and every time it is mentioned, it is accompanied by a long sigh.

It's just that time has changed, and these pains have gradually faded with the passing of the old people. In addition, in the past hundred years, more and more people from the Central Plains have migrated south, and various news and anecdotes emerge in endlessly. People don't like to listen to this story. .

But the storyteller in this tavern is stubborn, and every day storytelling must start with this, and he has been demolished countless times, but he still does not change.

Bai Qi came here to sell wine as usual, ordered a jar of peach blossom wine, and sat by the window to drink.

He didn't listen to the storyteller, and he didn't look up at the drinkers passing by. He just drank his own wine.When the wine is finished, it will be the same as usual, leaving the money for the wine and leaving without attracting the attention of others.

But this time, just as he walked out of the tavern, he was stopped by someone.Taking a closer look, it was the storyteller just now.

The storyteller is very old, his beard and hair are completely white, his face is full of dimples, and his teeth have all fallen out.He faltered when he walked, and the old bones seemed to be falling apart at any moment.

Bai Qi smiled politely, "Old man, what do you do?"

The old storyteller hesitated for a while before approaching him, and asked in a low voice, "Are you the fairy who gave me the fairy medicine back then?"

Bai Qi shook his head, "I don't quite understand, what did you say?"

The old man was a little skeptical, looked at Bai Qi carefully, and then strengthened his judgment.

"It must be you!" The old man knelt down and kowtowed, "Help, immortal, help, immortal!"

The old man said: "Elder Immortal, you forgot that 100 years ago, you came here to listen to the book, and thought that the little old man spoke well, so you gave me a elixir of longevity."

Bai Qi suddenly realized.A hundred years ago, You Yi died, and he came here to defend the battle. He met a storyteller telling old news about Taoli. He thought it was interesting, so he gave him a pill.

He laughed and looked at the storyteller very kindly, "Have you taken that medicine?"

The old man nodded first, then shook his head suddenly, and then said in his characteristic old voice: "Immortal, your medicine is wrong!"

"Wrong? But you're still alive." Bai Qi narrowed his eyes and looked kindly at the old man in front of him.

His appearance is really ordinary, and he will definitely not attract attention if thrown in the crowd, but when he squints his eyes and smiles, there is a kind of Buddha-like compassion.

"I'm still alive, but..." The old man shrank his neck, saw Bai Qi's compassionate expression, and suddenly became brave again, "But after I took the medicine, I became like this! Immortal, look Me, I dragged this sick body and lived with you for 100 years! Do I want to live forever like this? I think you must have given the wrong medicine, so I am here to tell stories every day, waiting for you to appear. Finally hope again You. You have appeared in the tavern every day during this time, you must have come to save me, right?"

The old man looked at Bai Qi as if he was seeing a god or Buddha, and a new light suddenly burst out from his cloudy old eyes.

"Oh, that's it?" Bai Qi smiled, white rays of light bloomed under his feet, the circular magic circle spun and became bigger, and a barrier suddenly rose, enveloping the two of them, "But that's the effect of the medicine, I didn't Give the wrong medicine."

Seeing Bai Qi's compassionate smiling face, the old man suddenly became frightened.His legs were trembling, and he couldn't help backing up, but within two steps, he was blocked by the barrier.He beat the barrier hard and shouted loudly, trying to attract the attention of passers-by, but passers-by seemed to ignore him and ignored him.

"Okay." Bai Qi smiled, looked at the passers-by outside the barrier, and said, "They can't see you, and they can't hear your voice, so save your energy."

The old man finally despaired, and sat on the ground leaning on the enchantment wall, begging: "The immortal, please forgive me, the immortal, please forgive me."

Bai Qi tilted his head, and asked in doubt: "How can I kill you if I let you live forever?"

"Then you want to..." The old man suddenly fell into even greater despair, recalling the 100-year life that was like stagnant water without any waves, he finally collapsed and burst into tears.

"You lied to me! After you persuaded the medicine, you can live longer than ordinary people. But who knows that after taking the medicine, I will become what I am now. This is not what I want at all. You lied to me! I don't want this. "The old man tugged on Bai Qi's clothes like a convulsion, and his voice was mournful.

Bai Qi frowned, dissatisfied with the storyteller's accusation, "But I told you, this medicine has to be made with the heart and soul of your closest relatives. You even killed your closest relatives, why are you afraid of getting old and not living?" Is it all right?"

The old man kept shaking his head, "No! No... I want more besides being alive. I thought that with a longer lifespan, I could have more..."

"Oh, that's because you are too greedy." Bai Qi shook his head, "I don't like greedy people. Who can be perfect in the first life? Be a contented person in the next life..."

Bai Qi turned around and walked out of the enchantment, suddenly remembered something, patted his head annoyed, and apologized very sincerely: "Sorry, I forgot, you have no afterlife. This medicine is not a medicine for longevity, but it uses your soul Make fuel to keep you alive, and when your soul burns out, you should die."

"In this way, it seems that the blood of the closest relatives is not needed as a medicine... Sigh, but it doesn't matter if you kill them all. If you can kill for longevity today, you can kill for other things tomorrow. After all, you I'm going to kill them." Bai Qi said to himself, and walked away slowly.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide inside the barrier, and then screamed miserably, but unfortunately, no one else could see or hear him through the barrier.He will stay in the small void condensed by this enchantment for a long time until his soul is burned out...

Bai Qi hummed a little tune and left Tianmen Town.At the gate of the town, I met a young beggar, about seventeen or eighteen years old, lying on the ground digging earthworms to eat.

He smiled and squatted down in front of the little beggar.The little beggar looked at him timidly, and hurriedly stuffed the earthworms in his mouth into his mouth, for fear that he would steal them from him.

"Don't be afraid." He laughed and touched the little beggar's head: "Tell me, the town is so prosperous, why don't you go there to beg, but eat this kind of food here?"

The little beggar was moved by his compassionate eyes, and said aggrievedly: "I am the best at talking, and I beg the most every day, so that other beggars can't ask for money, so I was kicked out. They didn't allow me to go to the town to beg again, otherwise they would see me beg once." once."

"Oh, then they are too bad." Bai Qi looked at the child in front of him pityingly, stretched out his hand to hold the void, and conjured a dagger out of thin air.

The little beggar looked at him suspiciously, and he said: "I will give you a magic weapon, as long as you use it to kill those who bully you, it will give you great strength."

The little beggar looked at the pitch-black dagger, as if in a daze, and asked stupidly: "Really? As long as I kill them, I can become stronger!"

Bai Qi touched his face and encouraged him: "Try it, how can earthworms taste better than the big white steamed buns we beg for in the city?"

The little beggar nodded, his eyes suddenly turned red, he grabbed the dagger and rushed towards the town.

Bai Qi looked at the child's resolute back and smiled.He suddenly remembered the scene when he met the storyteller a hundred years ago.

A young but sickly youth tells a story to a group of beggars in the afterglow of the setting sun, about the old stories in Taoli in Chunan.One word and two coughs made the beggars laugh.

One didn't laugh, and asked him why he didn't go home. He said: "There are strict mothers, shrews, and children who are waiting to be fed. I haven't made any money from storytelling today, so I dare not go back."

This caused the beggars to laugh, "How come you are worse than us."

The storyteller shook his head and stopped talking.The beggars felt bored and dispersed.

He went up and gave the young storyteller a pill, "You seem to be dying. Are you willing to live like this for the rest of your life? I have a pill here. As long as you take it with the heart and soul of your loved ones, you will die." live forever."

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

He shook his head slowly, and in a trance, he heard a dragon chant coming from Tianmen Town.

Bai Qi looked back at Tianmen Town, frowning.

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