Chapter Twenty-Three: The Last Man
The owner of Liuxian Zhuang wanted to build Zhuangzi in Feng'an Town, but because his plan to stay in Xianzhuang was too big, Feng'an Town had no place to build such a manor, so he could only settle for the next best thing and chose to build such a manor.
Chen Changxing, the owner of the village, was born in the family of businessmen but liked poetry and literature, he was quite talented when he was young, and he won the first place in the county examination. It's just that for some reason, he was discouraged by Wenlu, abandoned the literature that he had studied hard for many years, and followed his father to do business and start trading, never thought that this person was talented in the literary field, and his talent in the shopping mall was better than his poetry and calligraphy.
Chen Changxing got rich by rice grain, but he is not like the general rich businessman, who does the oppression and exploitation, eats people and does not spit out bones, since doing business, not only has not taken the initiative to raise the price of rice, but every year of famine, he has taken the initiative to open a warehouse to release grain, and cooperate with the government to relieve the victims, once he lived in Liuxian Village more than 1,000 displaced victims a day, no matter who mentioned Chen Changxing, the local people will sincerely call a "Chen Shanren".
But it was such a person, but for some reason he got into trouble, overnight, all 386 members of the family were killed, not even a baby was left, only an empty house was left, which can be described as a blessing and a disaster.
Later, Liuxianzhuang was seized by the government, and then no one lived in it for a long time, and the house lacked popularity, and it became dilapidated and gloomy in just a few years. There are also rumors that many passers-by heard the voices of daughters and children in the village at night, as well as the sound of the servants singing, which was very weird.
Lin Yuqi stood in the only place in the entire Feng'an Town where there was no wind and sand, looking at the splendid mansion in front of him, and hearing all the sounds coming from the courtyard, where was this mansion a little dilapidated, even he was a little puzzled, could it really be a ghost?
Lin Yuqi mobilized his divine sense to go deep into the manor, and before he entered Zhuangzi, he was stopped by a huge force, it seems that the owner of Zhuangzi must let them go in person!
Just when the three of them wanted to raise their feet and enter the door, a voice suddenly came from a distance: "A family of 386 is dead, they have been dead for so long, old man, I just want you not to be killed again, go and drink a sip of Meng Po soup early, all grievances and grievances, who can say clearly, even if it is a great grievance, it should be resolved now, ten years..."
Lin Yuqi and the three of them followed the voice, and an old man in ragged clothes and unkempt was lying on the side of the wall of the Liuxian Village, holding a big wine gourd in his hand, pouring wine one by one.
It turned out to be a drunkard, Lin Yuqi was a little surprised, this old man didn't look special, but he was not harmed by the yellow sand, his body was not a little weird except for being corroded by alcohol, there was no weird change anywhere else, he was the only one among the residents of Feng'an Town so far, and it could be the last person.
The old man took a sip of wine and squinted slightly at the three people in front of him.
Qingyuan hugged his fists and said, "Old man, you should leave Feng'an Town quickly, something strange has happened here, it has become a dead city, you leave now, it should be too late!"
The old man smiled, rolled over, and pointed his butt at the three strangers.
The old arithmetic said to Qing Yuan, "Forget it, he is so drunk and dreams every day, and living is not necessarily a good thing for him."
Hearing this, the old man turned over, and he naturally lay on the ground and said, "Drunk and dreaming of death? I am drunk and dreaming of death? You yourself don't know in your dreams and say that I am drunk and dreaming of death, besides, you yourself are about to die, and you still come to take care of my idle time, it is really a dog who took a mouse and was blind."
When the old arithmetic heard that this old man was so ignorant of current affairs, he pulled Lin Yuqi and Qingyuan and was about to leave, what did he do with the old man called Huazi.
Who knew that Lin Yuqi was interested, and he asked, "Old man, what do you mean, can you solve our confusion?"
The old man glanced at Lin Yuqi, he shook the wine gourd, the wine in the gourd should have been swaying, but he shook it a few times without making a sound, he asked, "Hou Sheng, why do you think I want to give you a solution?"
Lin Yuqi is so exquisite, this old name Huazi has hinted so obviously, Lin Yuqi still doesn't understand what he means, so he just found a piece of hard tofu and killed him, saving life and wasting air.
He immediately took out a large jar of good wine from the storage bag and filled it with the old man's gourd, and the old man took the gourd, put it under his nose and smelled it.
Lin Yuqi saw that the old man was drinking so heroically, and his addiction to alcohol also came up, he took out a jar of wine, poured it down violently, and then said, "Old man, I will accompany you to drink, please tell us what you just said."
The old man saw that Lin Yuqi was dressed as a son of a family, and he actually accompanied him to drink with an old man named Huazi, and he also felt that this was really the end of the ten winters and the first time in the world.
He sat up, leaned against the wall and looked at the three of them, "You also pour that ecstasy soup on my old man, the old man is called Huazi, and he can still carry a few catties and a few taels by himself, since you are a child of a family and are still willing to drink with me, an old man, it doesn't hurt for me to tell you!
Lin Yuqi and Qingyuan nodded, the old arithmetic stood aside, he was a little unhappy with this old arithmetic who cheated and cheated, Dao Ye, I have a hand in cheating, eating and drinking, I didn't expect you to cheat us, he was about to speak, the old man pointed at him and said, "What I said, the two sons can listen, but you can't listen, you go to get drunk and dream and die."
The old man didn't expect the old man to hold a grudge like this, people will revenge, he can be said to be the day of the revenge of the day, oh no, the three more revenge will never be the fourth one.
If he didn't listen, he turned around and walked to the side with his back to the three of them.
When the old man saw him leaving, a smile on his face showed a successful smile, and he said to Lin Yuqi and Qing Yuan, two sons, please listen to me." To say that this Liuxian Village, the owner of the village Chen Changxing is kind and charitable, and has a good name in the entire Zhao country, and the business is big, the entire Zhao country, including today's saints, basically no one does not know this Chen Dashan people, you say that such a businessman is very rich, and there are some heroic guests in captivity at home, and even Taoist masters, how could the whole family die overnight, 386 people were not spared, the emperor personally asked at this time, and there was no clue in the entire Feng'an Town" , there is not even a single witness who heard the voice, but since then, the rice and grain business in Feng'an Town has not only not been affected, but has become better and better, and a large number of wealthy businessmen have emerged in the town."
Li Yuqi pondered: "Old man, do you mean, someone in this Feng'an town deliberately concealed the destruction of Liuxian Village, is it for money?
The old man glanced at him and said, "I didn't say anything, I just said that I knew, and I can't be sure of the specific things that I'm always called Hanako, so I can only find the answer by myself."
Although the old man didn't want to say any more, Lin Yuqi already had a basic plan in his heart, he drank a big sip of wine, hugged his fists and said, "Old man, thank you for telling the truth!"
The old man lowered his voice and approached Lin Yuqi and Qing Yuan and said, "Boy, look at the two of you, I always ask Hanako to remind you more, this house is not just as simple as 386 people died, you heard the voice inside, but it is very fierce!"
The candlelight in the Liuxian Village suddenly flickered, and all of them turned into blood-red light.
The old Hanako waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, the owner is not happy if you talk too much."
The candle flickered and returned to its normal appearance.
Lin Yuqi and Qing Yuan glanced at each other, and they both saw from each other's eyes that this old man named Huazi was definitely not a mortal.
Lin Yuqi hugged his fists and said, "Thank you old man, I didn't come here for any Li people, it's just that I have many friends who are trapped in this Zhuangzi now, no matter how dangerous it is, I have to go in."
The old man laughed and said, "Okay, don't care about life and death for your friends, when you float a big white" He picked up the wine jug and poured another sip of wine, then he turned around and asked Qingyuan, "What about you?"
Qingyuan Zhengse said, "Although I don't get along with Brother Lin for a long time, I hit it off at first sight, it is a life-changing friendship, and his business is my business, so this Zhuangzi has to enter today, but he just disappointed the kindness of the old man."
The old man smiled and said, "Okay, good, good, you two can be said to be brothers, you are really envious of others!
Since Lin Yuqi and Qingyuan met, it can be said that they really hit it off at first sight, and when the old man said this today, the two looked at each other, and really regarded each other as brothers and confidants who depended on each other for life and death.
The old man looked at the two of them, and he continued to whisper, "Okay, then do you want to know why I said that you are in that drunken dream and death?"
Lin Yuqi and Qing Yuan actually didn't care about this problem, they were affected by Liuxianzhuang, so all the points of view were attracted by Liuxianzhuang, as for what drunkenness and dreams are dead. They only thought that this was a sentence from the old arithmetic called Hanako, and they couldn't take it seriously, but they didn't expect the old man to mention it himself, and they were all a little curious, "Please also ask the old man to solve his doubts"
The old man mysteriously lowered his voice and said, "Come here, don't be heard by someone."
Although the old arithmetic turned his back to the three people, but at such a distance, he could still hear it, just the four of them here, the old name Huazi said that he would not be heard by others, who else was there here besides him, unless it was the 386 people in the Zhuangzi who jumped out, otherwise he said that the old man called Huazi in the sky was also talking about him, he was also a little curious, and quietly moved his body to the three people.
The old man Hanako smiled slyly, and he said in a low voice, "Hou Sheng, you said that you hit it off at first sight, so you tell the old man Hanako, when did you meet, how many days have you met, and what is the number today?"
Qing Yuan pondered deeply, "Brother Lin and I met in the wine shop on the 12th, and we set off to Feng'an Town on the 13th and stayed in the Immortal Building for one night..."
Lin Yuqi also found a problem, he stood up, looked at the full moon in the sky and asked, "Brother Qing, you said that the blue demons will attack on the night of the full moon, is the time of the full moon night you talking about?"
Qing Yuan said, "Brother Lin, this full moon night is the 15th of every month, and one day is not bad!, just?"
Suddenly looking up, the whole sky suddenly seemed to be stirred by a big hand, and there was a bang, as if rice paper was torn apart, and the sky above their heads was broken in half!