Chapter 18 Immortality
"Hey! If I'm still alive tomorrow, can I see you again?" Late at night, Tashi was sent to the top of the stone pillar again. He saw the girl turning away, feeling a little lonely.
"Yes! You will live. As long as I am here, you will always live!" The girl said, raising her hand and waving to Tashi.
Tashi felt relieved now. Although he was hung on the top of the stone pillar and was suffering from the cold, from now on, he was more willing to leave all his expectations at night.
As the sun climbs up Fengshan Mountain, Tea Horse City is as lively as ever.
After walking out of Tea Horse City for a long time, they saw a few sparse households in front of them. The three of them quickly got on their horses and accelerated into the village.
It is strange to say that a large area in the northwest is in panic, either confused or deserted. It seems like a pure land in the world, with only a few villages, but it looks very happy. It is noon time. Smoke curled up from the roof.
"Jinggan, why are they looking at us like that?" After the three of them walked into the village, they felt like someone was always staring at them.
"Don't panic, there are only a few families here, it must be strange and frightening for outsiders to come!" Jinggan looked around as he spoke, "No, it's noon, and there is plenty of sunshine today, why is there such a person in this village? A cold current, so cold!"
So the three of them slowed down and stopped at the door of a house in the corner. They saw a skinny old man walking out of the house, holding a pot with a tattered edge in his hand. He walked up to Jing Gan and looked up. He placed the pot on the ground and wiped the sweat from his head with his sleeves.
"Guests, are you looking for someone or passing by?" the old man asked while touching his face with his sleeves.
After Ma Jun saluted with his hands, he responded: "Old man, we walked casually and passed the Sangke grassland. There was no one around. When we got here, we found that the road was cut off and we didn't know where to go."
After hearing this, the old man pointed towards the mountain pass to the north and said: "Let's stay in my woodshed for the time being. As soon as it gets light tomorrow, go over there as soon as possible. It's Xiahe!"
Seeing that the old man seemed a little embarrassed, Jing Gan asked, "Old man, we are just passing by, don't worry! But you just said you would leave as soon as dawn, what's the secret?"
The old man covered his sleeves and continued: "Young man, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. There are some things I can't say, and you can't listen. As long as you remember that in this village, you can live in peace if you pretend to be deaf and mute. !" After saying that, the old man looked around, waved his hand, and motioned for the three of them to enter the house.
There was nothing in the house, except for a stove covered in mud that was still smoking, and the roof beams were covered with cobwebs, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
Jingqian was puzzled by the question and felt uneasy. When the old man closed the door, Jingqian held the old man tightly with both hands and asked: "Old man, thank you for letting us stay!"
Seeing Jing Gan's sudden move, the old man hurriedly pulled away his hand, turned around and took the latch from the door, and said, "What a rude guest. If you don't want to stay, leave immediately!"
Seeing that the old man had a perverse temper, Ma Jun and Dongqing didn't know what to do for a moment. They stood by the stove and just apologized in embarrassment. At this time, Jing Gan was not impatient and took off the door bolt from the old man's hand and put it back to its original place, saying apology. : "Old man, don't blame me for being rude just now. It's just a few miles around, and there are very few people there. When I see a stranger here, I feel excited for a moment."
"Whatever you say, I can see that you have doubts in your hearts. Then I also want to know, have you felt at ease since you followed Luo Sang?"
Hearing the old man speak, the three of them suddenly changed their expressions. How could an ordinary old man from a desert village know that we are from Luosang!
"Old man, who are you? How come you know our details so well?" Jinggan was suspicious and continued to ask.
"The descendants of the Ma family, who are famous for tea horses, have become Luo Sang's lackeys! How can you have the face to question me if you consider a thief as your father? By allowing you to stay overnight, I have really given your ancestors the face!", the old man said angrily, He raised his hands between his eyebrows and wiped it. How could he be a normal person? It was clearly a skeleton, and his eyes became two black holes. Holly was so scared that she closed her eyes.
"Look, this is the masterpiece of the 'merciful' western leader!" The old man became more and more excited as he spoke, and wiped up his right sleeve again. He suddenly felt that he had seen it before, and the same disability seemed to have been seen somewhere before. The old man continued He said: "Do you know how your father became a cripple? It was Luo Sang who crippled your father with his own hands...".
When Ma Jun heard these words, he collapsed instantly and began to mutter to himself.
"No way, it's impossible for Luo Sang to defeat his father! He's lying, it's impossible! Luo Sang is just doing some basic self-defense skills."
"Don't believe me? You're still confused! Look at your brother, and ask your brother yourself!"
"Jingqian, I know that Luo Sang must have done a lot of bad things as a big boss, but I don't believe that he is the one who crippled my father. Since my father has advanced in the Xuanqi Four Symbols, how could he be defeated by him?"
Jinggan didn't know how to answer, so he nodded in acquiescence. The old man continued: "If you still don't believe it, go to the forbidden area in the back mountain of the Luosang tribe. Your mother is buried there! That tomb was originally built for rebels, because Your father discovered the secret of Luo Sang's domination of the west and no longer wanted to work for Luo Sang. Luo Sang used his last purge plan to destroy his hands and feet! Your mother was bewitched by Luo Sang and thought that she was in danger of annihilation. , hanged himself in the poplar forest!"
"Luosang, if I don't cut you into pieces, I will pretend to be a son of man!" Ma Jun was extremely collapsed, but Jing Gan was calmer.
"Ma Da, I know that once I tell you too many truths in advance, you will not be controlled by your emotions, so don't scream yet!" Jingqian was afraid that Ma Jun would cause trouble in a hurry, so he tried to calm down Ma Jun's mood after repeated persuasion. After calming down, Jinggan asked the old man again about Luo Sang's doubts about Luo Sang's own hand. Logically speaking, his father had been practicing the Four Symbols of Xuanqi for many years and would not be defeated by someone whose skills were much lower than his own.
"Old man, you said that my father was defeated by Luo Sang, but it is impossible for my family's martial arts to be captured by a weak person, let alone to lose his hands and feet."
The old man looked at the three brothers with disdain, raised his head and laughed: "The descendants of the Ma family are really a bunch of idiots. They know that Luo Sang is hiding a secret strategy, but they don't know that the thief's Gui Yuan Jue is such an inhumane evil skill."
Chapter completed!