I think there's nothing more frightening in the world than dying at any moment. Even if you sue me for dying in a day, I will die in an hour. I can enjoy at least a day or an hour.

But if you tell me that I will die at any time, I will be troubled. Even if you can live carefully for a hundred years. And this hundred years is not as happy as someone else's hour.

Poor old man Wang. fell into this pitiful situation.

He smiled bitterly, his face full of helplessness. I noticed that his smile was a little different. He smiled cautiously, as if he was worried that the sound would be too loud and alarm the Grim Reaper. It's like they're going to take him away right away.

Old Man Wang looked at Mr. Lu and said, "Then can you sue me." Are there any precautions? I've heard that some old people are too excited. Stroke. Do I have to be calm to avoid death? ”

Mr. Lu smiled. Said: "Thinking hurts the spleen, sorrows the lungs, joy hurts the heart, fear hurts the kidneys, anger hurts the liver." What do you want to do? ”

Old Man Wang was dumbfounded: "Doesn't this make me abandon my seven emotions and six desires?" Subsequently. He said suspiciously, "Sir, you shouldn't be joking with me, are you?" ”

Xue Qian smiled on the side: "Old man, you were first scared and then worried, you carefully touched your stomach to see if your kidneys and lungs are okay?" ”

Mr. Lu waved his hand and said, "Don't make trouble. He smiled and said, "Old man, you don't have to worry. Where there is a degree, thoughts, worries, joys, fears, and anger can be had, as long as it is not excessive, it can naturally prolong life. If you want to completely abandon the seven emotions and six desires, I am afraid that only a high monk can do it. ”

Old Man Wang nodded: "I see, I see." ”

Then he said worriedly: "But I'm about to see the immortals, and this heart keeps pounding." It seems difficult not to overdo it. ”

Mr. Lu smiled: "It's okay. I was prepared. ”

He took out a talisman from his bosom and said, "If you can't hold it out and die, I will trap your soul in your body." When the time comes, you will become the living dead. ”

The name "living dead" is actually a bit scary for ordinary people. It's easy to think of zombies, and the corpses that were controlled by the side door. Old Man Wang asked worriedly, "What will happen to the living dead?" ”

Mr. Lu put the Dao talisman in his arms and said, "After being a living dead, there are many benefits, if you don't eat or drink, your soul still stays in your body." It's just that you look alive, but your body is dead after all. The heart doesn't beat, the lungs don't breathe anymore, and they will slowly rot......"

After hearing this, Old Man Wang did not show a look of fear anymore, he lowered his head and was silent for a while, looked at the sun in the sky, and said, "It's summer. After the body dies, it quickly rots. I am the living dead, and I only prolong my life for a few days. ”

Mr. Lu said: "If your body can't hold it by then, and we haven't found the Heavenly Immortal yet. I will take your soul out. Keep looking with your soul. Since she is a celestial immortal, she should be able to see your soul, no matter what, I will let you see him before you are reincarnated. ”

Old Man Wang seemed to be moved by Mr. Lu's words, he stood up, bent down extremely respectfully, and bowed to Mr. Lu.

Mr. Lu held him up and smiled, "It doesn't have to be like this. Old man, I just want you to know that death is not terrible. ”

Old Man Wang nodded and said, "Thank you, I'm not afraid now." ”

As we were talking about this, the old king came back from afar, and he said to us, "The hotel has been found, let's go over." ”

Old Man Wang nodded and said to Lao Wang, "Just throw the car here." While I'm still alive, walk around the ground more. Moreover, there is no need for a car for the rest of the road. ”

After we arrived at the hotel, Mr. Lu asked for a two-person room and a three-person room. The three of us live together, and Lao Wang and Mr. Wang live together.

This is not to save Lao Wang money. It is a habit that we have formed over the years of walking the rivers and lakes. When you're away from home, be careful. The three of us are used to staying together and taking care of each other if anything.

To be honest, if something happens to Mr. Wang, we may feel guilty for a while and then leave. If something happens to one of us, we will spend our lives trying to save people or take revenge. Because we don't know how many times we have fallen into a desperate situation, we don't know how many times we have saved each other, or how many times we have been saved by each other, our lives have long been connected.

That night, I slept with a big knife and clothes. Luckily, the hostel was small but quiet, and I slept until dawn and nothing happened.

During breakfast, I peeked at Mr. Wang's face, and his condition was much better than yesterday. Mr. Lu also said with satisfaction: "We can continue to go." ”

Xue Qian asked Old Man Wang with a smile at the dinner table: "Old man, why haven't you eaten the begged food recently?" ”

Old Man Wang smiled and said, "Since I remembered the previous events, my soul separation disorder has also been cured. There is no need to eat the food that you begged for. ”

After we had eaten and drunk enough, the old man waved his hand and said, "Let's go." ”

He had a bowl in his hand, and he walked tremblingly, and if he had changed into a tattered dress, he would really look like a begging old man.

We followed Mr. Wang out of the town and walked slowly on the country road.

In the dream, we seem to have been here, and we don't seem to have been. For the plains are all alike. If you change the crop, you won't be able to recognize it.

I don't know how the old man Wang recognized the way, he pointed to the good fields and said to the old king: "Back then, the land here was barren. It was so dry that the ground was cracked, like a man's mouth, waiting to drink water. Now it's all fertile land, and the crops are growing so well, it's not easy, it's not easy. ”

The old king followed him and made promises, neither echoing nor refuting.

Along the way, Old Man Wang kept pointing to a certain place, saying that this is a certain village, and this is a certain town. I found that these villages and towns were almost empty. There were only children running and playing, and old people sitting at the door in a daze.

Old Man Wang said with a smile: "In this village, there may be people who gave me food back then." ”

It's just that our trip to the old place is neither to recognize relatives nor to repay gratitude. Old Man Wang just pointed from a distance outside the village and continued to walk forward. All the table tennis skills.

We walked all night, and we couldn't find the place where he broke up with the immortals. That night we made a fire in a grove and slept all night.

The next morning, the four of us got up with a sore sore and continued walking.

When we walked to the evening, Mr. Lu suddenly asked Mr. Wang, "Have you arrived?" ”

Old Man Wang shook his head in confusion and said, "Have you arrived?" I don't even recognize it, how do you know? ”

Mr. Lu pointed to the front and said, "I saw that apple tree, it is very familiar. ”

I followed the direction of Mr. Lu's finger and found that there was indeed an apple tree over there. The tree was so leafy that it had grown into a behemoth.

Old Man Wang said with some excitement: "After so many years, this tree is still there?" ”

Xue Qian hurriedly said: "Old man, don't get excited, be careful that your body can't bear it." ”

Old Man Wang smiled and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

We supported Mr. Wang and found that the white stone under the tree was still there. A qiē is exactly the same as in a dream. It seems that time has stopped here. One qiē is back to the same as it was decades ago.

Old Man Wang stroked Baishi and muttered in his mouth: "It's amazing, it's amazing." ”

We were chattering around Shiraishi when we heard someone laughing behind us.

The laughter startled us, and I looked back to see that it was a dirty child, biting his fingers at us.

I walked over and asked, "Kid, what were you laughing at?" ”

The child looked at me and giggled and said, "You are going to become fruit from the tree." ”

I wondered, "What are you talking about?" How did we become fruit on the tree? ”

The child said, "My mother told me that if anyone touches this stone, he will be taken away by the gods and turned into fruit on the tree." ”