"Knock knock, whoosh" bursts of loud firecrackers, fireworks, sounded in four places in Chang'an City, Chang'an on Chinese New Year's Eve looked extremely lively, adults took their children to play on the street, into people's ears is the children's laughter, the laughter in the restaurant, the singing of Geji, the bright moon is hanging there, shining on this huge city...

People are enjoying the lanterns and eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, but even if people play lively, they will not forget the next day, that is, "sacrifice to the soul", this custom has a long history in Chang'an, at this time of year, people from all over the world come to visit, no matter what deep hatred those people have, in front of that tall stone statue, they will have a respectful heart, even the emperor of the northern country has to come here in person, worship three times.

In Chang'an City, sacrificing the soul of the heroes is a well-known thing, because the folk legend says that adults worship stone statues, children are safe, children worship stone statues, there is a future, and they worship stone statues when they first enter the rivers and lakes to keep them safe.

It was late at night, and the streets of Chang'an also came less and less, gradually, it became empty, "Boom, boom" I saw a one-armed old man in shabby clothes holding a worn-out broom, sweeping the street, the strange thing is that every time he swept for a while, he stopped, put down the broom, picked up the quaint gourd on his waist and drank a few sips of spirits, and then continued to sweep the ground. The old man's messy white hair on his head and his beard that had been shaved for a long time made people look very pitiful.

After a long, long time, when it was almost dawn, the old man finally cleaned the street, and then he put down his broom, sat down and leaned against the wall beside him, "Hey, how are you doing over there?" and then he took out the gourd with the wine. Raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, the cold wind blew, making the messy hair in front of him be blown away by the wind, it was a pair of old and cloudy eyes, but still revealed a sense of unruliness. Then he took a deep sip of the wine in the gourd, and walked away slowly.

With a long crowing of the rooster, the day dawned

"Wake up, wake up, go call the child, and in a while you won't be able to catch up with the ceremony. "A lady is urging her husband. Then they went into the child's room and saw that the child was already dressed and waiting there. The parents laughed fondly when they saw this scene. Then they walked out the door and saw that every household in Chang'an City was walking towards a temple outside Chang'an City, and they took their children's hands and walked there.

Countless people were waiting outside the temple, people on the rivers and lakes, families from various countries, and countless people.

The door of the temple slowly opened, and what came out was an old man in a white robe, you can know by looking at his appearance, the old man was definitely a handsome man when he was young, he walked out of the door, there was always a faint sadness between his eyebrows, and his snow-white hair did not affect his status, because everyone present knew that those who could guard this temple were by no means ordinary people, and the old man's eyes swept over the people present, and when he saw whom, he couldn't help but bow his head, which was a kind of respect.

After a while, the old man in white said, "Please come in"

I saw that in the temple, there was a huge stone statue placed on the stone platform, which was portrayed very realistically, and then looked at his face, it was a handsome man, his long hair was tied to the back waist, his eyes were full of pride in the world, and the smile at the corner of his mouth made people admire. A strangely shaped spear next to him was placed diagonally behind him, making it even more dazzling.

Just as people were worshipping, there was a shout in the distance, "The emperor has arrived~", just after shouting, I saw a young man coming down from the dragon sedan chair, anxiously shouting at the eunuch next to him, "What is it called, there are no rules" Then in the twilight of everyone's surprise, the young man in the dragon robe walked straight to the crowd. obediently lined up at the back of the line.

Not long after the time, it was the turn of the young man, and I saw the young man in the dragon robe, symbolizing the emperor of the Ninety-Five Supreme, bent down at ninety degrees at the old man in white, and said, "Jing'er is late, don't blame the Duke of Wang'en"

"Let's go in," the old man said, still with his hands behind his back, with a blank expression.

"Yes," the young man walked into the temple. After the worship, the young man walked out, he actually accompanied the old man in white to wait here, who knew that the old man said, "You go first, there are many things in the palace, and I am enough here alone." ”

"Then Jing'er will retire first. After saying this, the old man nodded, and the young man left.

The crowd of worshippers came one after another, and it was not until late afternoon that the crowd left.

The old man in white walked to the temple, and was just about to close the door, when he saw a ragged man walking from afar, and when he saw it, a smile appeared on his face that had been indifferent.

"Second brother, I brought wine, would you like to drink with me and my eldest brother?"

"Hahaha, of course, come on" The old man stepped forward and grabbed the ragged old man's shoulder. "I knew you were coming. ”

The night slowly deepened, but the solemn temple during the day was full of laughter.

"Big brother, do you know, whispering that little girl is going to be a mother, hahaha, second brother, what do you say I should give to my little nephew?"

"I think the best thing about you is your wine!" The old man in white said.

"Hahaha" both laughed.

"Today is such an important day, what about the other little cubs, didn't they come, don't look at me now I only have one hand, and they still smoke and run. The old man in rags said indignantly.

"The fifth child and whispered a letter to me, saying that there is something to do with me and he will come over another day, but the fourth child has no contact. ”

"What kind of mystery is the stinky boy, don't say it, don't say it, come, big brother, do it!" said the old man in rags, holding up the gourd in his hand and facing the stone statue.

"I respect you too, big brother," the old man in white also raised the wine glass in his hand.

The screen goes to the other side...

In the Panlong City of the Eastern Kingdom, there was a middle-aged man whose body could be said to be very, very, very burly in a huge courtyard, his hands were behind his waist, the muscles on his body were tightened, and he raised his head to look at the sky, "Brothers, the Eastern Emperor has entrusted me with something, I can't leave, wait for me, I will rush to you as soon as I am busy." “

As he was talking, his thoughts were interrupted by a maid from afar, "Master of the family, the young master is disobedient again"

The burly man turned his head and said to the maid, "Let him come to me!" The maid was frightened into tears by a word. Then he cried and said, "Yes... "Yes," the burly man wondered after the maid had gone, "I'm already gentle?"

Soon, a small figure appeared in the corridor leading to the courtyard, and this was the little young master that the maid said!

When the burly man saw his son, he shouted, "Why are you disobedient again!"

"Daddy, I want to practice martial arts, is this wrong?" said the child immaturely.

"Oh, why do you want to practice martial arts" Obviously, the burly middle-aged man was interested in his own son.

"Of course, it's into the rivers and lakes and stepping on the Tianshan Mountain!" the child said to his father with great interest.

Hearing the words Tianshan, the burly man's eyes lit up, "Hahaha, okay, you want to learn kung fu, I promise you, how about Dad teach you Daddy's skills?" After speaking, the man clenched his fists tightly.

"No, I want weapons," the child turned his head

"What? You don't want to learn your Lao Tzu's kung fu, you want to learn weapons? Come on, come on, tell me, what weapons are you going to learn" The man was obviously angry, sat down on the chair, picked up the teacup, and prepared to drink water.

"I want to learn to shoot"

The "pop" cup looked extremely fragile in the hands of the burly man, and then, the burly middle-aged man slowly raised his head, looked at the child in front of him with tearful eyes, stood up, held the child in his arms, and said with tears in his eyes, "Child, your uncle also uses a gun!"

Then, a roar filled the entire family: "Prepare a fast horse for me! I'm going to Chang'an!"

The scene then shifts to a town in Maple Grove City in the south.

The scenery by the mountains and rivers is stunning, and suddenly a middle-aged woman shouts from a medical center, "You won't let me go, believe it or not, I'll beat you." In the medical hall, a middle-aged young woman who still has charm is standing on the table, jumping up and down, and her husband is so anxious that he is about to go crazy, "Don't make a fuss in a whisper, didn't you write a letter to say that you can't go?"

"I'm sorry, you believe everything I say, do you think I can't beat you," said the woman who was about to become a mother but still didn't change her year.

"You're pregnant, you have to think about the baby," the man said anxiously.

"Bai Jian, don't think that you have high martial arts, I'm afraid of you, believe it or not, I told my third brother and let him smoke you, my third brother pumped people, but my fourth brother and my fifth brother are afraid!" Hearing the word third brother, a few black lines appeared on the woman's husband's head, and he thought to himself, "When I married you back then, your third brother didn't smoke me less... ”

As she spoke, the woman became more and more noisy, and suddenly, the man shouted, "Don't move, are you crazy!"

When the woman saw that the man was angry, she obediently got off the table, pitiful. She walked to the corner of the table, hugged her knees and cried, "I think they are at fault?"

The man sighed when he saw this, "Hey, go bring some clothes, I'll go find the carriage"

When the woman heard this, her appearance changed instantly, and she smiled and said, "I knew you were the best."

The picture shifts to a suburban road leading to Chang'an, where stands a person with an indifferent expression, a black robe, which looks very lean, and white temples look particularly dazzling on the black hair. Not sure what he was waiting for.

Slowly, a carriage came into view, only to see the man in black say, "Don't stop, it's convenient, keep you safe on this road" and then stepped up with his right foot, flew to the carriage, sat on the roof of the carriage, and then closed his eyes, "Don't ask anything, set up your carriage, this is the last thing he said."

Three days later...

"Eh, my old waist" I saw the old man in ragged clothes in the temple lying on the stone platform like a monkey.

"Who told you to sleep like a monkey every time," said the old man in white, reproachfully. But there was a smile in his eyes.

"Second child, come with me for a walk around the city, I'm about to leave here, and I'm going to play elsewhere."

When the old man in white heard this, he didn't ask him where he was going, because he knew that no matter where he was, as long as he missed it, he could come back at any time. So I replied with a "yes!"

The two of them walked slowly towards the city, as slow as they had walked the road of a lifetime, and at the same time so fast.

Walking into the city, I saw a bun stall in front of me, where the owner didn't know what he was doing. There were countless children sitting in front of him.

"The story I'm going to tell today is the story of the general going to war," said the owner of the bun stall.

"Don't listen, don't listen, I've talked about it several times," the children below said.

"Then talk about Sun Wukong beating the white bone spirit three times?"

"If you don't listen, you'll memorize it"

"Looks like I'm going to have to do something killer, do you want to hear the story of the man in the temple at the city gate?

The children looked at each other and shouted in unison, "Yes!"

Even the two old men in the distance looked at each other for a moment, and then laughed.

Just as the owner of the bun shop was about to speak, a roar interrupted his speech, "Second brother, third brother!"

The two old men looked behind and saw a giant running towards him, both of them showed a warm smile, and before they could finish speaking, a black shadow descended from above, it was the man in black, and then he said, "One step late" and then a smile appeared on his indifferent face.

In that case, let's wait a little longer, the old man in white turned to the city gate with his hands behind his back.

"And I and me" Before the person arrived, the woman who had already reached the voice was poking her head out of the carriage and shouting frantically, she saw the familiar four, and the tears could not be stopped anymore, "I miss you so much."

"This damn girl, what are you shouting about, so I don't notice that my eyes are in the sand," said the ragged old man, turning to wipe the tears from his face. The other four couldn't help but shed tears when they saw this scene.

Then the five of them stood together, didn't say anything, just looked at each other, and then the old man in white turned around and said to the owner of the bun shop, "Get together, get together, don't stop the story!"

Then, the owner of the bun shop saw the five people and shouted, "Okay!, I call the story I told today!"