"They?" said Daoist Li, "they broke into the island to chase someone." One of them has a lot of skills, and if it weren't for that man, they wouldn't have been able to set up camp in the mountains, but alas!

I frowned and said, "Who are they chasing?"

"I don't know. Daoist Li shook his head and said, "They keep saying what they are talking about murdering the emperor's demons. I don't know exactly what it was, but the man must have gone to the mountains. ”

Ruan Dalong exclaimed, "You mean that person can go up the mountain?"

"That's right!" Daoist Li nodded and said, "I've been here for so long, and I've only seen two people who can go up the mountain, one is a demon who was chased by the Qing soldiers. Another Jinyiwei from the Ming Dynasty. ”

Ruan Dalong was shocked: "There are also people from the Ming Dynasty coming?"

"Haha......" Daoist Li said with a smile: "Their emperor is so alchemy!"

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty liked to take the elixir as everyone knows, the reason for the alchemy of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, they feel that immortality is not realistic, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty pursued the Tao to become an immortal, but the essence of alchemy is still the same, and it is not surprising that they sent people to find overseas immortal islands.

As for the Qing Dynasty, only Emperor Yongzheng took pills. The cause of Emperor Yongzheng's death is extremely vague in the official history. In the wild history, there are even more opinions, what Lu Siniang picked Yongzheng's head, what Qianlong killed Yongzheng, all kinds of things, and so on.

However, according to the personal records of Zhang Tingyu, a major minister of Yongzheng, Yongzheng bled and died violently. This is clearly a symptom of poisoning. In addition, after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the first thing was to drive away the Danshi raised by Yongzheng in the palace, which is enough to show that Yongzheng, like many emperors of the Ming Dynasty, died of poisoning by taking pills.

If, according to Daoist Li's explanation, some of the Danshi raised by Yongzheng were quietly poisoned, then the Qing army should have rushed into the island in order to chase and kill the poisoners.

These two things reveal a piece of information, that is, until the Qing Dynasty, there were still people who knew about the existence of the sea Danshi and were able to accurately find this island.

I asked again, "You wrote the Song of Life?"

"Haha...... "Song of Life"?" Daoist Li laughed and said, "I don't even know if the "Song of Life" can survive. ”

Daoist Li suddenly raised his head and said, "I didn't write the "Song of Life", but I picked it up. There are countless "Songs of Life" on this island. Some teach you how to get on the island, and some teach you how to get out of the island. However, every "Song of Life" is a mixed bag. If you can find the key to it, you will be able to pass the test safely, and if you can't find it, it depends on how lucky you are. ”

I said in a deep voice: "Who wrote "Song of Life"?"

"I don't know. Daoist Li shook his head and said, "I found the "Song of Life" after I went to the island, but I don't know where it came from. I didn't dare to test whether "Song of Life" could save lives. ”

I raised my eyebrows and said, "What do you mean?"

Daoist Li smiled bitterly: "Can I go out like this now? After I go out, I still have to live like a ghost, and I don't even dare to show my face when it is dawn." Stay here, at least I can still see the sunrise and sunset. ”

I was silent for a moment before I said, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because, I want to die. Daoist Li slowly unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his chest with holes open: "I can't die from the pill I took, even if I dig out my heart, I can't die." Some people even cut off their heads in order to die. As a result, his body was dead, but his head was alive. ”

Daoist Li said bitterly: "In the years I have lived, I have been constantly looking for a way to die. I've tried everything, but I can't die. I knew that the only way I could die was in the mountains, in a certain furnace. But we can't go up the mountain. ”

"Everyone who goes up the mountain is thrown off the mountain with their limbs cut off. They live even worse. I helped you just to die for yourself. Ridiculous, isn't it?" When Daoist Li looked at me, I said in a deep voice, "Are you going up the mountain with us?"

Daoist Li shook his head and said, "I don't dare to ......"

I sneered, "You don't dare to go up the mountain to find death yourself, and you want us to help you find a way to die?

Daoist Li said: "Poor Dao asked himself how many ways there are still in the hexagram, I have already accounted for a hexagram, Xiaoyou's trip will definitely make Poor Dao get what he wants." ”

I said coldly, "Didn't you count whether I agreed or not?"

Daoist Li was slightly stunned: "Don't you want to escape from Dan Island with them?"

"It's not about wanting to or not wanting, it's about doing and not doing. I said in a deep voice, "I think you can probably see how many people we have to fight, right? It's only five people, but we have to protect more than three times as many innocents, do you think we can go to the island alone?"

"This ......," Daoist Li couldn't help but be speechless for a while.

I said in a deep voice, "Since you want to die, then go up with us, otherwise, you can die faster!"

Wang Huan ...... "Ruan Dalong seems to be afraid that I will have a fight with the Taoist priest, and wants to come up to stop me from talking."

I raised my palm to block Ruan Dalong: "Daochang Li, I've always been a person who doesn't say secret words in front of celebrities, to put it bluntly, I don't believe you." You probably won't believe me. Moreover, unbinding conventions are also the least credible. ”

I stared at the other party and said, "If you want to restrain us, we won't be obedient, and in the same way, even if we find a way out of the island, we may not come back to deliver medicine to you." It is the best way to go up the mountain with us, if Daochang Li insists on refusing, we will fight to the death. ”

The cabin we were in was so quiet that we couldn't hear anything other than we talking, but just as I finished speaking, there was a sudden cry for help from outside the cabin.

"Wang Huan, help!"

"Wang Huan, where are you, the water is coming......"

"Wang Huan......"

Is it Si Ruo's voice?

My body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and Daoist Li also looked at my face with a smile.

Ruan Dalong said urgently: "Wang Huan, hurry up and save people." ”

I stretched out my hand to block Ruan Dalong: "No, it's an illusion." ”

Daoist Li smiled and said, "Are you so sure, it's an illusion? According to the time, the sea water should have overflowed the hillside." ”

I said in a deep voice, "It's not an illusion, I think it's an illusion, so I feel a lot more comfortable." ”

The meaning I expressed to Daoist Li is very clear, that is, in order to reduce the guilt in my heart, I can turn a deaf ear to the cries for help from the outside, and then put all the fault on Daoist Li, so that I will treat him as an enemy, and I will have no psychological burden.

Actually, I'm just competing with Daoist Li to see who is more calm, or rather, whether my heart is ruthless enough.

I knew very well that at the rate at which the sea was rising, the water should have overflowed the hillside by now, and the people on the hill might have been forced to the edge of the meadow, and danger could occur at any moment. I don't dare to delay with Daoist Li for too long, the victory or defeat may be in just a few minutes.

Daoist Li stared at my face with a smile from beginning to end, and he didn't say a word, but I gradually couldn't hold my breath: "Since the Taoist chief is unwilling to go up the mountain, there will be a period later." ”

"Let's go!" When I pulled Ruan Dalong up and turned around to walk to the deck, Daoist Li suddenly said, "Wait a minute, your people, I'll help you save them." I'll go with you to the island. ”

Before I could react, I heard Daoist Li shout: "Everyone obey the order, throw down the rope and drag the people below up." ”

Hundreds of Tang * soldiers suddenly rushed to the deck and threw ropes outward, but the crowd in the water was screaming and fleeing for their lives, and suddenly scattered around the warship, and no one was willing to pick up the ropes on the ship.

I stood on the bow of the boat and shouted, "Take the rope, hurry up, there is no danger on board." ”

Someone screamed, "Don't believe him, there are dead people behind him, he must be controlled by dead people." ”

The people who were already hesitating were so frightened that they didn't dare to step forward easily, and they fled into the distance, and I was so anxious that I stomped my feet again and again: "Si Ruo, you come up first, there is no danger." ”

After Si Ruo got up and jumped onto the deck, Peach Demon and Guo Yang also landed on the deck one after another.

Daoist Li waved his hand and said, "All get off the boat, arrest people, and be careful not to hurt people." ”

I hesitated a little and stepped aside—I didn't have time to explain to anyone why there was no danger on board, and that letting go of people was the most effective way to do it.

When Ruan Dalong explained to the peach demon in a low voice, Daoist Li said quietly: "Sometimes, there is no way to establish that kind of trust between people, even if you saved his life one moment, the next moment he will think that you have other plans." ”

Daoist Li looked at me with a smile on his face and said, "I bet with you, if you rescue those people, they will not only not thank you, but will hate you." I want to kill you, do you believe it?"

My heart sank: "Maybe!"

Li Daoshi said: "I have experienced the wars of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and I have also entered the royal court. I haven't learned anything in this life, only people's hearts. I feel that the human heart is the most refined skill I have learned, but it is also the least refined ability, because you can never see through the human heart. ”

Daoist Li changed his words and said: "I promised to help you, but I regarded you as a trustworthy and emotional person." Sometimes, only such people will not deceive people, but once this kind of person deceives people, it will be more deadly, I hope my choice is not wrong!"

I said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, even if I can't find an antidote, I will find a way to kill you." ”

"You want to smash my head, or burn me with fire, right?" Daoist Li shook his head and said: "It's useless, we have already tried the methods, and there is no use at all." ”