Yin Xuesong had just come out of the thatched house and was about to go back to sleep, when he suddenly heard a burst of laughter, which scared Yin Xuesong so high that he thought that his house was haunted. looked at the laughter, but only saw Xiao Lie laughing at something in his hand, although it was almost dawn, it was still very dim, and he couldn't see anything clearly, and he could tell who was who, even if his eyes were very good.

Yin Xuesong walked into the gazebo, touched Xiao Lie's forehead and said to him: "You're sick, sitting alone in the gazebo and smirking at a fart, it's a shame that I just pulled it clean, otherwise you'll have to go back and change your pants in fright." ”

Xiao Lie saw that this time it really scared Yin Xuesong, so he held back his laughter, held back his breath, relieved himself for a while, and said to him with red eyes and tears: "Just now, Diao Wu from the Chenghuang Yamen came to me and asked us to do a favor tomorrow." ”

"Just help, you laugh at it, why can I let you eat magpie dung tomorrow, what will he let us do tomorrow?"

"You're disgusting, I'm going to throw up what you said, I don't have your hobby. Xiao Lie repeated what Diao Wu had just said to Yin Xuesong, and after Yin Xuesong listened, he said with a confused face: "Is there anything funny about this?"

"It's not funny, but I'm not going to go up and stare at him, so I've got a way to play with him. I'm sure you'll be as happy as I am when you hear what I'm doing. Xiao Lie grinned widely, and told Yin Xuesong his method with a smile.

After Yin Xuesong listened, he stood up and said to Xiao Lie expressionlessly: "I see that you are sick, I don't know where the laughter of your method is." Okay, don't have a convulsion here, hurry up and go to sleep, tomorrow after dealing with Lao Caotou's affairs, I will start to work on the marriage of the two of them. There are still so many things to arrange, and you still have the leisure to laugh here as if you are lacking in heart. ”

Xiao Lie originally wanted to talk about his plan in detail, but when he saw that Yin Xuesong didn't seem to be interested, he had to go back to sleep. The two of them slept until midnight before getting up, washed their faces, had a meal, and walked to the place of Lao Caotou by the Nenjiang River with a big bamboo basket on their backs.

This old Cao Tou may also be numb to the matter of life and death, his wife has just died for three days, and he began to catch fish here as if he was nothing. Lao Cao Tou has an indescribable preference for fishing, and he can not do anything every day, but only fishing can not be missed every day, even if he is busy and uncomfortable, he must take a little time to fish here for a while. He doesn't fish to make money, nor to satisfy his hunger, in his own words, only when he fishes, can he really think about his own things. In order to feel with your heart, what kind of self is the most authentic self. Only when fishing, you don't have to be like a puppet to go along with others, please others, and you don't have to listen to ominous voices and accusations from the outside world.

At this moment, he was able to concentrate on digging into the deepest thoughts in his heart, and find the thoughts that had been suppressed by him all along. Listen to the sounds of mountains and rivers, feel the endless life of birds and animals, and find things that will make you happy. Looking at the hares chasing and fighting, thinking about their deliciousness, looking at the goshawks soaring in the sky, thinking about their might when they stand on their arms.

When Xiao Lie and Yin Xuesong came to the riverside, this old man Cao had been sitting here for a long time, and this time he should be thinking about the life of his ninth wife, the bits and pieces of his wife's life and trivial stumbling. Xiao Lie and Yin Xuesong took the initiative to say hello to him, as if he hadn't heard, his eyelids didn't lift, he didn't move, his eyes looked straight at the float in the river.

Seeing that Old Man Cao didn't pay attention to the two of them, these two put down the bamboo basket behind them not far downstream of Old Man Cao, which was filled with black charcoal. The two of them sat on the ground and fanned the wind with their hands to cool off, Xiao Lie said coldly to Yin Xuesong: "Senior Brother Yin, what do you say people need to do to live forever?"

"Why do you ask this question all of a sudden?" There was no such part of the conversation in the previous plan, Xiao Lie's actions caught him off guard, he looked at Xiao Lie with a stunned face, but replied: "You are so good, why did you suddenly ask such a question?"

"I saw such a beautiful scenery and suddenly felt that there are still many places worth remembering in this world, such as everything in front of me, which is so beautiful and pure. It would be great to be able to enjoy all this for eternity, but if you only live for a few decades, what you can see is incomplete and your feelings are incomplete. As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes vigorously at Yin Xuesong.

Yin Xuesong immediately understood what he meant, Xiao Lie wanted to use the content of the two of them to attract the attention of Lao Caotou. He picked a dogtail grass and put it in his mouth, and said to Xiao Lie: "There are many ways to live forever, for example, you can go to a sect like Shushan to practice the art of feathering and ascending to immortals, and you can also go to Penglai Immortal Island to find the elixir of immortality, or study Taoism and use the secret art of self-cultivation to achieve the goal." ”

"These approaches are too slow, and the chances of success are almost non-existent. It's not that we haven't seen it, the sword immortal who has been cultivating for hundreds of years, in the end, because of the thunderstorm from the sky, can't resist it and the fragrance is lost, and the examples that abound are placed in front of us one by one, how can we succeed. It's not that I don't have the perseverance and determination, it's just that in this case I have to see the reality clearly, I can have illusions, but I can't fight uselessly. Xiao Lie shook his head and said.

Yin Xuesong thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, at this time, Xiao Lie suddenly remembered what Yin Xuesong said yesterday, and returned it to him as it was: "Are you sick, what are you stupid, did what I said stimulate you." Or is there such a secret technique in your Pear Blossom Sect that can make people immortal?"

"Our Pear Blossom Sect is just a place to cultivate martial arts, but we don't have any immortal cultivation skills, and that's not what I'm laughing at. ”

"Then what are you stupid about? Why did you eat magpie dung?"

"Roll the calf, you are really buried when you speak, and the magpie dung is all out. I thought of a big joke that this is also a way to live forever but still grow old. Yin Xuesong said to him disgustedly.

"Tell me about it. ”

Yin Xuesong smiled again: "You said, if the City God loses the page of life and death with your name written on it, will you not be able to die? Although you will continue to age, no one can let you die, unless the body is damaged, or the City God soldiers forcibly take away the soul, if you don't do this, it will be too difficult to die." ”

Xiao Lie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that Yin Xuesong understood what he meant, and finally pulled the topic to the key point. There was also a hearty laugh: "It seems that this is really the case, there is no record in the book of life and death, they have no way to hook my soul away, and it is impossible for me to die." Even if the physical body is damaged and the original spirit is out of the body, I can still find a physical body to use as a container, and I can still live in the world forever. Senior Brother Yin, how did you come up with it, although this may be very small, it is also the simplest and most effective way. Otherwise, let's go to the Chenghuang Yamen another day to see if we can steal the book of life and death, ruin the page of the two of us, and send it back, so that people don't know the ghosts, and everything will be fine. ”

Yin Xuesong knocked on his head and reprimanded: "That's what I said, you really took it seriously, and stole the whole book of life and death back, if you can steal it so well, the immortal people are still dissatisfied with the streets, how can there be any order to talk about." ”

Stretched out his hand and pulled his back basket to the riverside and continued to say to Xiao Lie: "Don't think about it useless, I have to send them back before the sun sets." After grinding for a while, I can't finish it. ”

Xiao Lie pulled the basket over and washed the charcoal in the basket in the river.

The old man put down the fishing rod in his hand, walked to the two of them with his hands behind his back, squatted down and saw that they were rinsing the charcoal with a brush, and asked in great confusion: "Young man, what are you two doing here?" If this charcoal is soaked in water, it will not be used, and after drying it again, the smoke coming out is very large, do you plan to harm people in this matter?"

"Sir, we don't want to hurt anyone, but a friend of mine is coming to dinner tonight, and I want to entertain him with our most famous barbecue. I've heard that this charcoal is washed in water and then used, and the grilled meat is particularly delicious. ”

Lao Cao Tou laughed at them: "Are you two stupid, how can this charcoal be whitewashed." ”

"Old man, you can't say that, if it's impossible, how can there be such rumors. Yin Xuesong continued.

Old Cao Tou stood up with a smile, clasped his hands on his shoulders, lowered his head and said to them proudly: "I have lived for two hundred and eighty-nine years, and I have never heard of anyone who can wash this black charcoal into white." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, put down the things in their hands, and stood up with a smile, Yin Xuesong took two steps forward and asked Lao Caotou: "Old man, why do you live so long?

Lao Cao Tou waved his hand: "I'm not a sword immortal, and I don't have such a good chance." The reason why I live so long is because the most unlikely way you just said happened to me, which is why I lived so long. It's not me who blows, I guess I'll live forever, after all, my name is no longer in the book of life and death, how can I die?"

After listening to Lao Caotou's words, Xiao Lie leaned back and smiled even more, pointed at Lao Caotou and said, "You admit that it's easy to do, come and see what this is?" took off the soul bundle bag from his waist and held it up in front of Lao Cao Tou.

Lao Cao Tou exclaimed: "Aren't you from the Duwei Mansion, why are there things from the City God Soldiers, and what are you going to do?"

Xiao Lie didn't want to talk too much nonsense to him, and when he opened the mouth of the soul bundle bag and was about to collect the soul, suddenly a voice came from behind him, shouting: "Stop, treat an old man like this, do you still want face?"