Peach wood

Compared with the past, Peach Blossom Empress is really strange.

Let’s talk about welcoming her into the city first. In previous years, she had to put on a big show, leading a whole team of fairies across the city gate and down the street, and slowly marched all the way to the Niangniang Temple. The long team could be seen from a long distance, but this year She quietly came to the city.In addition, the number of fairy children has also decreased compared to before, and their appearance is indescribably weird, and at first glance they are even a bit vicious.

The second is that after the empress entered the city, she no longer received any believers, and left all matters to her followers.This year there is no holy water, and there is no resurrection, let alone marriage and children.She never mentioned these things. Once someone asked the reason, the entourage said that the empress could not reverse the destiny, and asked people to let nature take its course and not be greedy.

But if she can't reverse the destiny, what are those things in the past?Since she was doing nothing in the city, why did she stay?Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Could it be that she has other purposes?

In places with many people, rumors seem to have wings. The speed of their spread and the wide range of their influence are undoubtedly amazing.Only two days after Empress Peach Blossom entered the city, there were no less than ten versions of rumors about her abnormal behavior. People began to suspect that there was something wrong in the city.

Of course there is a problem with this city, and the problem lies in the empress herself.Shuhuai quietly waited for the illusion to fail, waiting for the day when the tree demon would show his feet.

The Peach Blossom Empress is afraid of the Demon King, and dare not hurt others under his nose. Mo Yun knew that she was afraid of him, so he went to the Empress Temple every day, trying to intimidate her in different ways.

Others see Mo Yun going to the Niangniang Temple every day, thinking that he is another young man who is overwhelmed by beauty, but in the eyes of this 200-year-old young man, most of the beauties in the world are like dirt. It's just four words: looks okay.

He went out alone every day, looking for a beautiful female demon again, Shuhuai was somewhat displeased.He always felt that the tree demon had a bad character and evil intentions, and tried to get close to the backing of the demon king. If she succeeded, it would be a waste of money and a pig.

Where there are people, there are neighbors gossip. Shuhuai has been stopped by unknown women for three consecutive days, asking him to persuade his younger brother, the prodigal son, to turn around—this "brother" of course refers to Mo Yun who always runs out.

However, nothing happened at all, so how can I persuade you?Shuhuai laughed twice, expressing that he would definitely discipline his younger brother so that he would not be fascinated by beauty.

Gradually, the gossip from the neighbors became more and more exaggerated. Today someone said that Mo Yun entered the empress's room, and tomorrow someone said that there were strange noises in the empress's temple.Shuhuai was disturbed by this incident, he couldn't calm down or hold his breath, he went straight to the Niangniang Temple with his sword in his hand, vowing to bring this reckless little bastard back to scratch his skin and cramps.

Of course, Mo Yun didn't know what he had been programmed into. He entered the tree demon's room only to see her fiddling with holy water again. As for the so-called strange sound, it was probably the sound of the mouse spirit follower who was scared to cry by him. .

If gossip is said in front of the parties involved, it is not gossip.There are thousands of words in the world, and rumors account for nearly half of them, and because everyone does not seek the truth or collect evidence, rumors tend to become more and more outrageous, and those who do not understand the facts are easily led astray.

It's not that Shu Huai doesn't understand Mo Yun, but he can't let Mo Yun do whatever he wants and give others a chance to create rumors.The Heavenly Realm wanted to deal with the Demon King, but they had no reason to worry about it. If they gave him a name that would cause trouble in the world and spread it around, even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to wash him away.

The lessons learned from Mingjun's past are there - rumors can kill people if they develop to a certain extent.

Yan Qingran, who was far away in the underworld, sneezed violently. The ghost envoy watching the excitement was no big deal, and began to fan the flames: "Shuhuai must be talking about Mingjun, and when he comes back, my subordinates will take care of him for you. "

Yan Qingran waved his hand magnanimously: "Forget it, this idler has probably become a busy one now, and the little demon king will take care of him for me."

Sitting across from Empress Peach Blossom, Mo Yun sneezed suddenly.

The tree demon trembled and tried its best to please the demon king: "My lord, your sweetheart must be thinking of you!"

Sweetheart?Mo Yun racked his brains, thought and thought, and found that the only person he knew was Shuhuai.He glanced at Empress Peach Blossom, got up and went out, Empress Peach Blossom saw that the evil spirit was finally leaving, she couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and secretly laughed.

She was too happy too early. As soon as Mo Yun pushed the door open, a white light flew in through the crack of the door. He lowered his head and just avoided it, but the screen behind it didn't have long legs, and it was split to pieces immediately, and sawdust flew everywhere. .

Empress Peach Blossom shook her hand, and the jade cup rolled to the ground and shattered.

Mo Yun opened his eyes wide, a little surprised, he looked at the mess in the room, and cautiously poked his head out.

He hid behind the door panel on the left, and watched helplessly as the one on the right was shattered, and several white awns poured down like rain, pouring into the house with the strong wind.

This time, it was the sandalwood table in front of Empress Peach Blossom who suffered the disaster.

"Shu Huai?" Mo Yun was stunned, he hurried out of the room and ran to the man in white not far away.

Peach Blossom Empress saw that this man was disrespectful and smashed the furnishings in the house into a mess, she was furious immediately, ignoring the demon king's presence, she raised her hand and flew out a vine from her sleeve, and flew straight towards the book.

Shuhuai stood where he was, without drawing his sword.

Hearing the whistling wind, the demon king twisted off the vine without turning his head, and said anxiously, "Why are you here?"

"I wanted to tell you to go back." Shuhuai looked over his shoulder and saw Empress Taohua closing the door with a grim face, "But when I came, there were dead people outside."

Mo Yun has been staring at the tree demon today, she can't still harm people in this situation, the "dead person" that Shuhuai said...

"The illusion has failed?" Mo Yun asked.

Shuhuai nodded, and frowned displeasedly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things. If this tree demon hadn't blinded the eyes of mortals and created a false impression for them, they wouldn't have suffered a bigger blow later."

Mo Yun followed him out of the Niangniang Temple, and saw a bone lying on the street from a distance, it was the dead man who ran around in the bun shop earlier.The poor man long dead was sleeping there alone, and around him there was a dead silence not only of fear but of mourning.

The bystanders surrounded the roadside, pointing at the skeleton, and the mother of the deceased was beside him, crying heart-piercingly, which made people unbearable to listen to.

She used to think that her child really came back, but she forgot that the dead cannot be brought back to life. The Peach Blossom Empress' deceit was just using her luck to continue to this day, deceiving her for so long.

"Ordinary people say that birth, old age, sickness and death are common things, why do they value life and death so much?" Mo Yun looked at the tearful mother, a little puzzled.As a monster, he has a long time, so he naturally doesn't know the desire of mortals for life.

"They can only live for a few decades at most." Shuhuai replied, "During these few decades, there are many scenery that can't be seen enough, and many people can't love it. Most people live in this world, not only to worry about themselves Whether you can live or not, you have to think about how you should live, and you don’t have so much time to enjoy yourself.”

He took a deep breath and stopped looking at the mother: "Everyone wants to live a good life and experience everything they have never experienced, but some people have died before seeing what happiness is. How can it not be sad?"

People are too fragile. They are afraid of illness and natural disasters. There are many things that make life difficult for them.

Even if you don't get sick, even if you can eat enough to not starve to death, you may be killed.As long as the murderer has a thought, the life of the targeted person will be over.

Once a mortal dies, there is nothing left.After drinking Mengpo soup and crossing the Naihe Bridge, everything in this life will be like smoke and smoke, and the short journey will turn into a few ink marks on the book of life and death, and this life will end like this.

"She could have let go of some sad things in the past two years." Mo Yun said regretfully, "but now there are a few more years of sad things."

This is one of the reasons why Shuhuai hates Empress Taohua. She knows that her illusion will take effect sooner or later, but in order to create her own sacred image, she still deceives this family who can recognize the truth.

What's even more absurd is that the deceased came to report to the underworld at that time and cried to the underworld king, saying that he was killed by a tree demon. The underworld king immediately sent ghost emissaries to the heaven, urging the immortals to get rid of the demon as soon as possible. But to say that the demon has been subdued - now it seems that it is complete nonsense.

Whether it is letting one's own way or collaborating with one another, they are all equally vile behaviors. It is essentially the same as murdering someone who can be saved but refuses to be saved.

They hurried away, away from the Niangniang Temple, and finally couldn't hear the sad cry. At this moment, a woman suddenly called out: "What a coincidence, I met you again."

Shuhuai looked up, under the tree over there, if it wasn't Mrs. Du but who?At this moment her husband is standing with her, they really are a pair of lovers.

But right now Shuhuai didn't have the heart to be polite, he went straight forward, called "Brother Du", and said: "The situation is urgent today, so I won't go around around the corner—has Brother Du seen Peach Blossom Empress before?"

Mr. Du—the current Master Du was stunned for a moment: "I have never been in contact with it. I was just worried that the lady would feel sorry for herself, so I used the words of ghosts and gods to reassure her."

"I only found out about this matter later, my lord asked, could it be that there is something wrong with Empress Peach Blossom?" Mrs. Du asked from the side.

As expected, Mo Yun did not expect to guess correctly.Shuhuai looked back at the little demon king subconsciously, but said in his mouth: "It's right not to contact her, she is not a fairy at all, it's just a tree playing tricks there!"

Du and his wife were very surprised, they were about to open their mouths to ask questions, but they heard someone crying, turned their heads to look, and saw Mrs. Zhao walking towards this side staggeringly holding a white bone in her hand.This scene was quite frightening. Madam Du let out a soft cry and grabbed her husband's arm tightly.

"The bone is her child who came back from the dead." Shuhuai couldn't bear it, "If the two of you are willing to trust me, a person who met by chance, then you can go out of the city to take refuge while the tree demon doesn't move."

Master Du turned pale with shock, and thanked Shuhuai again and again, and the husband and wife hurried back home.They are simple people, often do good deeds, and have a considerable influence in the city. Presumably, a group of people will follow them out of the city.

"Should we turn back and kill that tree demon first?" Mo Yun looked towards the Niangniang Temple, where black clouds and mist were gathering, an ominous scene.

Shuhuai rejected the proposal.

So far, there is only one case of deception that has been exposed. The Peach Blossom Empress can be said to be a monster born in the city, who poured dirty water on others to keep believers.But if all the people she has come in contact with have problems, then people will doubt her credibility, and then go to kill the demon, and the resistance will be even smaller.

One loophole can be remedied, but countless loopholes cannot be cured.

Telling a lie requires tens of thousands of lies to cover it, and every lie has a flaw, how many flaws will there be in thousands of lies?