"Now that it's all out, we don't have to talk about these bad things anymore, you look ahead. Bypass this town, and you will be the Imperial City. ”

In front was a small stone town, with only a winding path leading inside, with potholes and no weeds, only a few small rocks scattered around it.

"I didn't expect that there was such a remote place at the foot of the imperial city. Furukawa smacked his lips.

Chu Rong, Chu Feng, and Xi'er twisted their heads towards Gu Chuan together, as if they were looking at a monster, and their big eyes showed greater doubt.

"Hehe, what are you doing here?" Furukawa was a little apprehensive.

"Brother Gu, don't you know about the Avoidance Town?" Chu Rong looked suspicious, she said before that Gu Chuan was from other countries, and it was completely Chu Rong who made it up in order to give Gu Chuan the honorific title of prince, she thought to herself: "Everyone in the East China Sea Empire may know about the Avoidance Town." ”

Gu Chuan saw that Chu Feng and Xi'er were both looking at him with the same suspicious gaze, only to feel like a mang on his back, and he felt uncomfortable, and said, "I'm new here, I really don't know, why don't you introduce me?"

Chu Rong thought to herself: "You also beat the snake and stick, and even used the words I used to deceive the second brother to cover up your ignorance." The mouth is still very polite: "Brother Gu, this retreat town, as the name suggests, is the place where our emperor abdicates and resigns." ”

"What? and a place like this?" Furukawa was taken aback.

"Not really. ”

"Why?"

"What, why?"

"Why do people still want to be emperors? Furukawa Qi said, he once thought: "In this world, except for a few women, no one is unwilling to be an emperor, after all, when you become an emperor, you are a king and a god, and you are an unparalleled master, and no one can even comment on you." ”

"That's a lot, like what is trapped by love, intoxicated with martial arts, but the emperor is generally very strong, like his father is a strong man in the imperial realm, and there are people who can't stand the rules and love freedom, all in all, there are always people in this world who don't like to be the emperor, just like me, for you, I don't even want this princess Raushzi. Chu Rong said that she was pouting at the end, it seemed that being a princess could not make her happy.

"Really?" Furukawa nodded thoughtfully.

"What, Brother Gu, don't you still believe me?" Chu Rong thought that Gu Chuan said her last words, and suddenly pursed her mouth and crossed her hands on her hips.

"Believe, believe. Gu Chuan rubbed Chu Rong's head and smiled: "Then this town can be said to have a great background." ”

"Well, my grandfather just retreated here, but I can't say how this town is... After all, even if many emperors are no longer emperors, they may not retreat to the town of absence, and most of them will choose to play the world or find ways to improve themselves. Chu Rong said.

"Oh, so how many old emperors are there in the town now?"

"There may be two, at most three, most of them are still ordinary people, but it is much safer to live in the town of refuge than outside, after all, there is a royal forest army guarding this place all the time, and grandpa and the three of them will not sit idly by and watch bad things. ”

"Hmm. Furukawa nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Xiaochuan, since you have all come here, why don't you go with me to meet grandpa, if you can ask him to help you say a word, the matter between you and the fourth sister is more likely to succeed, otherwise the father may be stuck in this matter." Chu Feng said that since Gu Chuan recognized him as his brother-in-law and called him Brother Feng, Chu Feng naturally couldn't call Gu Chuan Master anymore, so he called him a more cordial 'Xiao Chuan'. And Furukawa noticed that the grandfather that these two brothers and sisters talked about when they mentioned the old emperor, the feelings in their eyes were very natural, and when they mentioned the current saint, their eyes were always very stiff, and they were talking about the father rather than the father, so I don't know if there is some estrangement between them.

"Since Brother Feng has said so, then the kid will take the liberty to disturb the old emperor. Furukawa said. Chu Rong was also very happy when she heard this, jumping and jumping, like a little girl who was about to show off her beloved doll to others.

The four of them walked along the path into the town, with Chu Rong and Chu Feng two guides to guide the way, although the four of them did not deliberately speed up their pace, but the speed was not slow, and after a while, they bypassed several houses and arrived in a courtyard.

This is a small courtyard with a red wall, classical, quiet and suitable, spire-shaped inclined roof, dense green vines climb on it, revealing a tender yellow under the emerald green, there are two small birds jumping on the wall, catching the tips of the willow trees by the river, chirping and chirping, infinite tenderness.

Although this courtyard does not have the quaint small bridges and flowing water in the countryside, nor the dazzling lanterns and lotus flowers in the imperial city, it is very poetic and picturesque, and people can't help but guess how noble the owner of this courtyard is, yes, it is noble. Furukawa once thought that wealth was honor, but when he saw this courtyard, he realized that dignity is a kind of temperament, a thing that goes straight to people's hearts, like the eyes of a wise man, like the starlight of the night.

"Xiaochuan, Xi'er, let's go. Chu Feng saw that Gu Chuan and Xi'er were both a little distracted, and greeted him, remembering that his expression when he came here for the first time was the same as theirs, his heart softened, and the corners of his mouth slowly smiled.

"Oh, second brother, the two of us have been here for a long time when we first came to Changchun Courtyard, so let them see more, maybe Brother Gu will understand the power of life and death?" Chu Rong laughed.

"The power of life and death?" Furukawa asked, he had come to his senses at this point.

"Well, this courtyard is where my grandfather lives, it's called Ivy Spring Courtyard, as the name suggests, no matter how the seasons change, it's always like spring. After speaking, Chu Rong shrugged her nose, her expression seemed to be intoxicated by this spring light.

"Well, how can this be? Heze Wednesday Spring, Cool and Vegetarian Autumn Festival, the four seasons have their own divisions, how can they change at will. Furukawa frowned.

"Ouch, the good ones won't change, can't you let it change the bad ones?

"I guess that's what you call the power of life and death, right?

"There is a hidden power of life and death in this courtyard, but not much, if you want to see it, Xiaochuan, I will ask my grandfather to show you later." Chu Feng said.

Furukawa nodded without moving, but his heart was turbulent.

In addition to the power of life and death that can come from some rare treasures of heaven and earth for thousands of years, and some spirit beasts that live with heaven and earth, if you want to be created by man, you can only cultivate the way of life and death.

And the cultivation method of the way of life and death is extremely simple, and everyone in the world knows it, that is, to experience life once and death again. Everyone in the world knows the method of cultivation, but the number of people who have successfully cultivated is almost zero, and those who want to cultivate are afraid of death, and those who are not afraid of death... and died.

It is easy to go from life to death, and from death to life. In this way, the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox and the Nine-Lives Spirit Cat are the best cultivators of the way of life and death, but their fate is not enough to become adults.

Chu Feng saw that after Gu Chuan heard the news, his face did not change much, and he secretly praised him for his extraordinary determination in his heart, and explained: "Grandpa has a good opportunity, and he occasionally has the power of life and death, but he can't say whether it is good or bad, when you see grandpa later, don't be scared, let alone alarm him." ”

"What alarmed him?! Grandpa has a good temper. Chu Rong pursed her mouth and said that when she mentioned her grandfather, she would act like a child.

"Yes, yes. Chu Feng hurriedly smiled at his aunt.

"Hehe, Rong'er, Feng'er, you two are here again, come in quickly. As the crowd was talking, an old voice came, very cordial and friendly.

Everyone looked at each other, but there was no one in sight, only to see the door of the hut in the courtyard was hidden, with the intention of welcoming guests.

The four of them glanced at each other, but they didn't act, they all thought: "Do you want Furukawa and Xi'er to go in, the old emperor doesn't seem to have invited it." ”

At this time, the old man's voice came again: "On a cold night, guests come to tea as wine, and the bamboo stove soup is boiling red." The two little friends also came in together. ”

Gu Chuan listened to his gentle words, without the frame of a former emperor, and his heart was full of good feelings, but he was puzzled: "'Cold night'? ”

The four of them lined up in the order of respect and inferiority, and walked in one by one.

Before Furukawa entered the house, when he arrived at the door, he felt that the cold air was like a knife, and the cold wind was like maggots, coming from the bones, and he was so cold that his teeth trembled, and he kept shivering, and he really felt like a cold night.

Xi'er was even more cold, her whole face was white like a corpse, and her lips were purple and wrinkled like morning glories that were about to wither.

At this moment, Chu Rong stuffed a red pill into Gu Chuan and Xi'er's mouths as if she had been prepared, and the pill went down, and the two of them suddenly felt that the warmth flowed all over their bodies along the blood vessels, and their own cold ice thawed.

"This is the refining of the inner tank of the Jiuyang snake, the elixir of the spiritual realm, which can not only resist the cold, but also enhance the strength, and find a place to digest it well after you can go out, and the strength will definitely increase a lot. Chu Rong whispered.

Furukawa secretly agreed, but thought in his heart: "Since you have a wonderful medicine, why don't you take it out as soon as possible, you have to see my ugliness, I'm fine, I don't know if Xi'er's soft body is frozen." Thinking of this, Furukawa turned his head to look at Xi'er, Xi'er knew what he meant, his face flushed, he lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "Xianggong, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Furukawa felt slightly relieved, nodded, and looked inside.

But seeing that there was no decoration in the house, only a stone table and bamboo stove in the middle, tea was simmering, and the red light under the bamboo stove was faint, which could be regarded as the warmest place in the whole house, Furukawa couldn't help but lean in that direction, thinking: "This situation and this scene are really in response to the old emperor's welcome poem." ”

Xi'er suddenly shouted, "Ah!", and pointed to a certain part of the room, as if she had seen a ghost.

Furukawa was blocked by the pillars of the house, and he couldn't see it for a while, so he hurriedly bypassed. Chu Rong and Chu Feng saw each other first, and said in unison, "Grandpa, why did you come here." ”

Furukawa happened to be able to see the old emperor at this time, but he felt like his heart was being hammered with a heavy weapon, and he was stupid for a while, not knowing what to say.