Three miles south of the city, I went alone, and when I arrived at a depressed mansion, I saw an old man with a folding fan lying at the door basking in the sun.

The old man's mouth hummed, as if he was singing, it was a strange tune.

"I seem to have heard the tune of my old man's humming somewhere, but it fits well with the twilight of this evening." I said.

The old man did not look up, but said lazily: "Not many people have heard this song, this is a very old ballad, and it tells the story of the piper. ”

"Piper?"

"A long time ago, a lot of rats suddenly appeared in a prosperous town, and the rats stole grain and occupied the granary. The people of the town are miserable, and they can't get rid of the rats despite all their might. One day, a young man playing the flute passed by the town and said that he could make all the rats disappear from the city. But if you wanted him to help, you would need to pay him a reward, and the mayor agreed to him, so the piper took out his disciples and played an old tune, and when the flute sounded, the rats sprang out and threw themselves into the river, and were washed away with the water. But the mayor did not fulfill his promise, he saw that the boy was young, and it was as simple as playing the flute, and he did not pay the flute boy as he deserved. The boy argued, and later the townspeople began to accuse the flute boy that he had brought in the rats. ”

"And later?"

"Then the boy blew the flute one night, and the sound of the flute spread throughout the town, so that all the children in every household who were not under the weak crown got up without a blank expression and threw themselves into the river in the town."

"What's this piece called?" I asked.

"Nightmare." The old man replied. "It can put people to sleep, or it can make people wake up, it is all by the will of the piper."

"I see."

"Generally, people who come to chat with me, after listening to my story, will express their opinions, what does the little brother think, who is right and who is wrong in this story?" The old man asked.

I said, "Most people would think that the young piper is wrong, after all, killing so many innocent people for the sake of money and the moment of displeasure, although the inhabitants of the city do not believe their words, it does not constitute a capital crime." ”

"What about unusual people?" The old man asked.

"The other kind of person is of course that the mayor and the residents of the town are wrong, the mayor is not trustworthy, the people cover up and play tricks, everything in this world has a price, and the flute boy makes them regret it, this thing sounds, how is it very happy."

"And which one are you?"

"I'm the third."

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

"Actually, no one is wrong here, and that's what the mayor and the people of the town see, who don't read and don't travel the world. In their cognition, what is good for themselves is right, and what is bad for themselves is wrong, and they will not care about the difficulties of others, just as the nature of mice is to steal food, and the nature of cats is to catch mice, people die for money, and birds die for food. As for the piper, he is not the same as the ordinary people, he is the superior and has the power to take away the life of the ordinary people. If the reason doesn't make sense, then they can only pay the price, and what is right or wrong? ”

"What if you were the piper?" The old man asked.

I said, "If it were me, maybe that town would have been wiped out, and you would have wiped out all the children, and they would not regret it, but they would hate you even more, thinking that you were a demon." ”

"Aren't you afraid of killing innocents?"

"Every snowflake at the time of an avalanche, every branch at the stake, every enemy who invades, everyone says that they are forced and innocent."

A smile appeared on the old man's face, he put down his fan and looked at me and asked, "Little brother is a reckless person." You came to me, did you come here because of a minor illness? ”

"It's Lou Xiao's illness." I said.

"Well, what do you want to ask?"

"I wonder what will happen when the gate of heaven opens?"

"After the gate of heaven is opened, of course, all races will gather, and everyone can share the avenue and enter the Divine City together."

"But I don't think it's that simple." I said.

"What do you think is supposed to be?" The old man asked.

"I don't know, that's why I came to ask the seniors, after all, you are the one who experienced the last apocalypse." I said.

The old man smiled and said: "Young man, the future cannot be determined, every time the gate of heaven is opened, it is different, but the avenue is competing, some people lose, and only then can someone gain." It's not that simple to become a god. ”

Seeing that the old man did not answer my question substantively, I was a little disappointed, so I said, "In that case, the junior will not bother." ”

As I spoke, I turned to leave, when the old man's voice came from behind: "Young man, when you go to bed at night, remember to close the doors and windows, and remember to wear the amulet that you have been given for a minor illness." ”

When I looked back, the old man in the rocking chair was gone, and it was quiet under the tree, and it was noisy again.

After returning to the inn, the old bachelor had just come out of the bath.

"Senior brother, there is a super large bathhouse below, don't you say that the environment here is really not worse than ours, the person who scrubs the bath here is actually a girl!"

"Are you old and not serious?" I squint at the old bachelor.

"Hehe, your own wife is in your arms, and there are a few concubines, you are embarrassed to talk about me." The old bachelor muttered.

"What about the amulet I gave you?" I asked.

The old bachelor said, "Throw away the trash, deceitful thing." ”

"You'd better wear it around your neck, I feel like something is going to happen tonight."

"How. Afraid of ghosts? ”

"I just went to the old mansion three miles south of the city, the place where the bard said, and saw a strange man, his cultivation is unfathomable, standing beside me like air, and no one can see him except me."

"You're really stumbling into the ghost?" The old bachelor was curious.

"It's not a ghost, I know from a conversation with him. He was supposed to be a masterful of dream control. ”

"What is a Divine Sound Master?" The old bachelor was puzzled.

"There are ancient records that one of the three thousand states was called the Shenyin Continent, which was exterminated because of the rebellion against the Protoss, and the original Shenyin Continent had a Shenyin Temple. The temple specializes in cultivating a large number of divine sound masters, who are like talisman painters, who have the ability to pass through the heavens and latitudes, and can easily control the thoughts and behaviors of others through music. It has been extinct for many years. ”

"What is the Divine Sound Master doing if you have nothing to do resisting the Protoss?" The old bachelor asked.

"I don't know, that's what the ancient books say."

"How do you know it's true?"

"Because the Magic Piper is also recorded behind the Divine Sound Master, that old man should be the Magic Piper."

"You made me stunned, a god and a demon."

"Anyway. He gave me a piece of advice, which is to be careful when I go to bed at night, I don't sleep for a few days to see what happens. ”

"Then you stay up. I have to sleep, I'm an old man, I can't bear the energy of you young people, you said that you are a person who is about to ascend to the immortal, and you are still a brain powerhouse, and you actually believe in a charlatan. ”

The old bachelor said and went back to his room.

After nightfall, I also returned to my room and began to meditate, the meridians in my body have been reopened, hundreds of immortal qi of the courtyard are unimpeded, the big acupoints are loosened, and the secret realm is fully opened.

I floated in the living room, surrounded by starlight, surrounded by golden energy, surrounded by thousands of qi, surrounded by eighty-one qi shields, the air flow shuttled like a prosperous, tens of millions of galaxies connected to each other and orderly, when I reached the twelfth week, my left eye suddenly stabbed, as if it had burst, and the pain made me wake up immediately.