Chapter 5 The Old Immortals
"Ahh
In the darkness, the dog screamed and sat up, gasping for breath. Just now he dreamed that the uncles and aunts in Yanglong Town, all the children and playmates fell on the streets and turned into mountains of dead corpses, blood flowed like rivers, and the peaceful town became purgatory on earth! It's terrifying.
He steadied himself and looked around, only to find that he was on a wooden bed, and the room was simply furnished, which was the place he was very familiar with on a daily basisβhome. Thinking of last night's events was like a nightmare, and now it still gives him an unbearable headache, he doesn't know why Lin Yuxiang, who has always been admired, has become a zombie? I don't know how I suddenly fainted and returned home? I don't understand what the last sentence means? These questions came to his mind one by one, and he was overwhelmed like a heavy stone. He shook his head fiercely, trying to stop thinking about these events, and soon his breathing gradually stabilized, and he walked to the window and opened the two window leaves with both hands, a ray of sunlight mixed with a slight fragrance of flowers in the air and a breeze hit his face, and the warm breath instantly swept away the unhappy events in his mind, he took a deep breath, and saw through the window the very familiar flowers and green leaves in front of him, which his mother had cut for him, and he laughed happily.
"That's it, you're fooling the kids, aren't you?" A large man's voice roared in front of the gate of his house. Hearing this voice, the smile on the dog's face gradually hardened, and he slowly became disgusted, he knew that this was the entourage of Aotian who came to collect the "Anmin fee". The so-called security fee is just a trick for them to take the opportunity to extort money from the townspeople, just because they secretly collude with the local security group, although the local residents hate it, but they are also powerless, so they can only be oppressed by them in this way.
Dogdan stood in front of the window and didn't rush out of the door to make a big fuss with them as usual, and his mood seemed to be much calmer than before. Quietly, looking at the somewhat emaciated figure standing opposite them, it was his mother Ma Lanfang.
"Wasn't that all there was in previous years? How can you have so much this year! Ma Lanfang frowned and said.
The big man's eyes widened, and he said helplessly: "What is more, less, don't you know that this year's harvest is good?" Quick, stop being wordy. As he spoke, he flung the spiked whip into the air.
"Smack!"
A sharp loud bang rang in Ma Lanfang's ears, and at the same time, the big man's hands stretched out in front of Ma Lanfang, and said coldly: "Give it or not!" Ma Lanfang paused, slowly took out several layers of paper wrapped in several layers from her waist, and took out half of the coins and handed it to the man: "That's all." Dahan glanced at her and unceremoniously held the banknote handed over by Ma Lanfang in his hand, and then snorted snort, turned around and walked away. Ma Lanfang stood in place, and only turned around after a long time, at that moment, he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know when the dog was already standing behind him, looking at her quietly. Ma Lanfang's face was a little bitter, but after all, she still squeezed out a smile and said, "Why did you come out?" β
The dog looked at her as if he hadn't heard.
For the next few days, the dog seemed to be restless, and sometimes he would wake up suddenly in the middle of the night dreaming of bloody scenes. Occasionally, when he thought of thousands of townspeople like his mother being oppressed by those wicked people like Aotian, he was extremely unwilling. At last he seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and after several abrupt rebuffs, he left a letter on his desk and left the house. Just after the dog left, a depressed figure inexplicably appeared behind him, standing alone in the wind, looking so illusory and unreal.
"Why don't you be obedient and go against the sky, will there be good results?" Softly, she sighed.
After Goudan ran away from home, he inquired everywhere about the location of Nanshan Thatched Hall, but no one knew its location for several days, and whenever he wanted to give up, he finally remembered those mothers and villagers who were still suffering, and the oppressive life that never forgot the purpose of the life prompted him to walk forward bravely until the dry food and money he brought with him were used up.
On this day, the dog squatted on the street in rags, and ushered in an old man and a young man on the opposite side, the old man waited for his cheeks with a pointed mouth, and a bamboo cane was tightly written in his hand, and a canvas was hung on it, and the four big characters of 'Maoshan Avenue' were written. This seems to be the act of a charlatan. However, he was followed by a girl about the size of a dog's egg, dressed in turquoise clothes, with a smile on her face, and a cute spirit. The little girl seemed to notice something, walked up to the dog and stopped, smiled softly at him, and then looked at the old man and said, "Grandpa, where is our remaining half of the bread?" The old man was stunned for a moment, and was about to reach out to take out the half of the cake from the package behind him, when suddenly he glanced at the dog squatting on the ground, and then understood, his face changed, he raised his head upward, and said with a look of disrespect for the old man: "I have eaten it." β
The little girl pouted and said coquettishly: "Good grandfather, I know you didn't eat, you see that he is so small, how pitiful!" All right? Just this once, hurry, please. The old man could stand the little girl's distress, shook his head, and could only take out a bag of things from the package, handed it to the little girl, and said, "Here, this is the last time." The little girl took the piece of bread from the old man's hand, stuck out her tongue at him, and then turned and walked in the direction of the dog. He stopped in front of him, smiled and handed the half of the cake in his hand to the dog, saying, "You must be very hungry!" Here you go! β
The dog's face was stunned for a moment, and the hand stretched out in the air seemed to hesitate. The little girl frowned as the dog wanted to stretch and shrink, then took a step closer to him and said, "You don't have to be afraid. β
Finally, the dog egg seemed to compromise with the hunger in his heart, and without any politeness, he stretched out his hands and devoured the half of the cake handed by the little girl, but in a moment, the half cake was swallowed into the stomach by the dog egg without leaving even a little residue. The little girl untied the small blue pot hanging from her waist and handed it to the dog, and smiled happily: "Drink some, don't swallow it." β
Dogan swallowed the last scrap of bread in his mouth and nodded to her. After eating and drinking, he was about to return the kettle to the little girl, but he saw the old man pulling the little girl and gradually disappearing into the vast sea of people. Suddenly, he remembered the four big words "All wishes come true" written on the canvas in the old man's hand, and seemed to remember something, he was in a hurry, got up and chased after him, and shouted loudly: "Old fairy, old fairy, please go slowly." β
The old man's body paused, and the steps he was about to take out stopped in mid-air, and he was stiff there for a while. Goudan chased after the two and stopped, glanced at the old man's strange expression of joy and tears, and tilted his head obviously a little puzzled. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the old man turn around, open his mouth wide and say, "You, what did you call me just now?" β
The dog seemed to be stunned for a moment by his sudden expression, and then touched the back of his head with his hand, and smiled with a slightly bitter smile: "Old, old fairy!" β
"Poof!"
As if she couldn't bear it any longer, the little girl suddenly laughed out loud, and at the same time she barked in the tone of "old fairy, old fairy" in her mouth. The old man glared at her, and the little girl covered her lips with her hand and glanced at the dog, squeezing her eyebrows. The dog glanced at the little girl in confusion, then took his gaze back from the little girl, looked up at the old man and said, "Old fairy, do you know where Nanshan Maotang is?" β
The old man's face changed, and he seemed to be a little surprised, and for some reason when he heard Nanshan Maotang, even the little girl quieted down and looked solemnly at the dog. After a long time, the old man's face regained his calmness again, looked at the dog, shook his head, and said lightly: "I don't know"
Originally, when the dog saw the old man's suddenly surprised expression, he thought that with his experience, he would know the clues about Nanshan Maotang, but when he heard the old man shake his head in denial, a beating heart sank again, and his face was depressed with a look of loss.
"But ......," the old man said lightly, elongating his voice, looking at the dog's egg at the same time. It seemed that a faint light suddenly lit up in the endless darkness, and even if it was faint, it would hold up a piece of light. With a happy look, the dog looked at the old man in a daze.
After a long time, the old man turned around, took a step forward, and then stopped, as if he remembered something, after all, he sighed and said: "The land of Antarctica, the shore of Xiaolu Lake, Maoshan shield technique, hidden rivers and lakes. β
Goudan's face changed drastically, and he was taken aback, and he remembered the windy and dark back mountain a few months ago, and the person who didn't understand said the same thing. It's just that he didn't care about it at the time, but when he heard this sentence again, he suddenly realized, faintly, the location of Nanshan Maotang was in this sentence, but he was stupid for a while and couldn't think of the meaning contained in this sentence, so he stood in place for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the two ancestors and grandsons had long disappeared. In amazement, he found that the little girl's kettle was still holding tightly in his hand, and he forgot to return it to others.
In the middle of the night, the moon hung high in the sky, the stars were numbered, and the cool night breeze was blowing, but it seemed so cool. The dog couldn't sleep, but all he thought about was what the old man's words meant during the day. In the haze, the dog suddenly woke up from his dream, looked at the south through the moonlight and said with great joy: "Maoshan technique, the land of Antarctica." Could it be that the old man said that Nanshan Maotang is in a place called Xiaolu Lake in the extreme south?" Thinking of this, I felt a burst of joy in my heart, and then, I packed up and headed south.
The autumn leaves are messy, the wind and sand are all over the sky, and the dog egg has gone through several twists and turns, crossed the mountains and mountains, crossed the river and the sea, and finally came to this barren land in the south. As soon as I found a clean place to sit down, suddenly, there was a storm in the southern sky, and dark clouds were everywhere. His curiosity rose and he ran over, and just when he thought he was about to arrive, he couldn't get close to it, like a mirage, he bowed down, panting, and thought: "It's really evil, I don't believe that I can't get close to you." With that, just about to get up and leave again, under his gaze, the picture in front of him slowly faded until it disappeared, he scratched his head suspiciously, and suddenly, a white light flashed in front of him, revealing a person, dark green robe, thin and refined. When the dog saw it, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Please take me as an apprentice." "This person is none other than Nanshan Taoist priests, who don't understand it.