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Chapter 555: Emperor Taishang, old man chopping wood

Emperor Taishang of the former Su Dynasty has abdicated for hundreds of years.

Some people say that the Emperor Taishang is old and is about to reach the end of the day, so he retreats into the background and concentrates on cultivation.

It's just that no one has heard the news of the death of Emperor Taishang, and the countless forces around him can only eyed the Qiansu Dynasty, but they don't dare to do too much.

"The Emperor wants to see me?"

Gu Hengsheng's brows tightened slightly, and he muttered, contemplating with low eyebrows.

Luo Hongsheng walked to Gu Hengsheng's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and muttered, "Give it to Gulai." ”

Gu Hengsheng paused, followed behind Luo Hongsheng without hurry, stepped out of the imperial study, and walked towards the deeper part of the palace.

Why did the Emperor Taishang want to see Gu Hengsheng?

Maybe you want to see with your own eyes if Gu Hengsheng is as young as rumored.

Walk through the luxurious palaces and walk through the golden and jade avenues. I don't know how long it has been, Gu Hengsheng followed Luo Hongsheng to a quiet paradise.

Peach forests and bamboo forests are everywhere, and the green grass dyes the whole area. Here, there is no glorious palace towering into the sky, and there is no elite army to guard it, but there are some shadows of insects, fish, birds and beasts that appear in this paradise, quiet and pleasant.

"Let's go!" Luo Hongsheng pointed to the depths of the quiet peach forest, turned his head and whispered to Gu Hengsheng.

Gu Hengsheng nodded silently, followed closely behind Luo Hongsheng, and headed towards the depths of the peach forest.

Looking at it from a distance, Gu Hengsheng seemed to see a pool of clear water in the depths of the peach forest, and there was a simple thatched house by the edge of the green and secluded pool.

Gu Hengsheng squinted his eyes slightly, as if he saw an old man with gray hair sitting at the door of the thatched house, holding a rust-stained axe chopping some firewood.

The old man was rickety, hunched over, and his face was yellow. He sat on a rickety round stool, holding a dry log in his left hand and chopping with an axe in his right hand.

Every time the axe fell, the old man would take a few breaths, and the beads of sweat soaked his coarse cloth shirt, and it looked like he would be blown to the ground by a cold wind in the next moment.

Even though Luo Hongsheng and Gu Hengsheng had already walked to the range of the thatched house, the old man didn't turn his head to look, and was still wielding his rusty axe with all his might.

"Father, the former prince is here."

Looking at the old man who stepped into the coffin with half a foot in front of him, Luo Hongsheng didn't dare to be presumptuous, slowly leaned down, and saluted softly.

Gu Hengsheng's eyebrows raised suddenly, could the ragged old man in front of him be the Emperor Taishang of the former Su Dynasty? Really let the former Su Dynasty survive in peace?

"The Emperor." Gu Hengsheng was just stunned for a moment, then bent down like Luo Hongsheng, and bowed his hand respectfully.

The old man ignored it, as if no one was still chopping the dry firewood with an axe.

When the old man slashed more than a dozen times with all his might, the firewood was finally split in half, and the old man was so tired that he was panting and sweating.

The old man put down the axe in his hand, took the wood that had been split in half in both hands, and hobbled into the thatched hut.

When the old man put the firewood in the house, he stepped out slowly, moved his sunken eyes to Luo Hongsheng and Gu Hengsheng's bodies, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm old, I'm so tired from chopping some firewood for cooking at night." ”

Luo Hongsheng and Gu Hengsheng still saluted and bent over, respectful.

"Get up! There are no such rituals here. The old man sat down on the round stool just now, and his withered yellow face looked a little kind.

After receiving the old man's signal, Luo Hongsheng and Gu Hengsheng slowly straightened their waists.

At this time, Gu Hengsheng was able to really see the old man's outfit and appearance clearly.

Messy and greasy hair, a withered yellow and wrinkled face, and sunken eyes that look hollow. He was draped in a gray coarse cloth shirt that had been sewn many times, and a pair of straw sandals with exposed toes.

This kind of appearance is like a poor old man who is almost old and old, and even more desolate.

Is he really the rumored mighty and domineering emperor? Why is it so different from what the world says about appearance?

Gu Hengsheng was puzzled, his heart was full of doubts.

"Sheng'er, you go out first! I want to be alone with my former father. ”

The old man was weak, and said intermittently to Luo Hongsheng.

"Yes, Father." Luo Hongsheng didn't dare to refute half a sentence, and after saluting, he turned around and walked directly towards the outside of the peach forest.

When Luo Hongsheng left, the old man kept staring at Gu Hengsheng, silent, motionless.

Gu Hengsheng felt as if everything about himself had been seen through by the old man's eyes, a drop of sweat slipped down from his sideburns, and a wisp of green silk floated slightly between his eyebrows.

"Your soul is much stronger than your cultivation."

After a long time, the old man slowly withdrew his gaze, and then looked at a pool of clear pools beside him, and said in a low voice.

Boom!

Gu Hengsheng's heart jumped suddenly.

Although Gu Hengsheng was already ready to be dug up, he was suddenly pointed out by the old man at this time, and he was still a little caught off guard and slightly nervous.

"There are many opportunities in the world, everyone has their own opportunities, I won't delve into it, don't worry." The old man seemed to have caught a trace of Gu Hengsheng's messy mood, and said with a kind smile on his face.

"Emperor Taishang, you are a little different from what the world says." The tension in Gu Hengsheng's heart relaxed slightly, looked at the old man's outfit and the simple thatched house he was in, and whispered.

The old man took a long breath and said slowly, "What? Don't you think I'm not like the Emperor Taishang of the former Su Dynasty? Do you think I'm a bad old man? ”

"Yes." Gu Hengsheng was silent for a moment and nodded.

"Hahaha." The old man grinned, as kind as an old man next door: "I also think of myself as a bad old man." ”

Gu Hengsheng was slightly relieved by the old man's humor, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Listen to Sheng Er, your name is Gu Hengsheng, right?" The old man's laughter gradually stopped, turned his head to stare at Gu Hengsheng, and asked softly.

"Hmm." Gu Hengsheng nodded in response.

"Young hero, how are you!" The old man looked up at the sky, and the past seemed to flash in the depths of his eyes, and he said hoarsely: "I have lived for so many years, I have encountered many, many Tianjiao demons, and I have heard of many strange people. However, your appearance really surprised me. ”

Gu Hengsheng pursed his thin lips and waited sideways, silent.

"I don't know what chance you have, but even if you have a chance against the sky, if you don't have the talent to cover the world, you will never be able to comprehend kendo in your early twenties."

Every time the old man said a word, he had to rest for a while.

He looked at Gu Hengsheng, and a sense of expectation slowly appeared in his eyes.