Legend has it that in ancient times, countless years ago, the world was not the current situation of three ancient kingdoms divided into one side, but a large number of small countries, conquering each other, and wars continued. At that time, there was a small country on the bank of the Kun River with only more than a thousand residents.

——It’s called “Blue Lotus Country”.

People in this country don't like war and are content with a plain and peaceful life. In addition to farming and fishing, the Blue Lotus country's livelihood is to plant lotus flowers.

Every year when all kinds of lotus flowers bloom, it is the time when the whole country of Blue Lotus celebrates the festival. At that time, water monsters that like various lotus pods and lotus seeds will come quietly at night. At first, the water beasts like to feed.

The lotus seeds and lotus pods are all very careful and do not dare to damage the rhizome of any lotus.

Later, some attentive residents discovered this. Everyone knew that the monsters in the river were extremely ferocious and unwilling to be kind to people. However, when they arrived in the Blue Lotus Kingdom, they were all honest. This incident touched everyone's mind.

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So when the Blue Lotus people celebrated the harvest of lotus every year, they stored a large amount of lotus seeds and actively fed them to the monsters who came to ask for food. As expected, the monsters became more and more dependent on human feeding, and gradually became Blue Lotus.

Lotus national pet.

In order to repay the gifts given by the people of Lanlian, the monsters often drove large numbers of fish to the territory of the Li River, allowing people to enjoy a bumper harvest. In less than a hundred years, Lanlian became a well-known and prosperous country in the world.

But the good times don't last long. The fat sheep will eventually attract the covetousness of evil wolves. The neighboring countries go to war, and the entire country's soldiers come crazy. They not only burn, kill, loot and plunder, but also kill the people of Lanlian. The king of the other side even

Forcing the leader of the Lanlian Kingdom to sacrifice his most beautiful little daughter.

Coincidentally, the princess was also called "Blue Lotus". She was kind-hearted and often used royal wealth to help people in need. She was deeply loved by the people. When they heard that the enemy wanted to force the princess to leave, the whole country cried out for help.

Fight to the death with the other party.

But Princess Lanlian was unwilling to cause the lives of people to suffer because of her own affairs, and she was unwilling to be humiliated by her enemies, so this strong-tempered princess decided to fight her fate with her own life.

That day, the princess sat on a bamboo raft covered with lotus flowers, lit a furnace of incense she made from lotus seeds, and floated toward the end of the Kun River.

At the same time, the unfaithful invaders led their troops into the Blue Lotus Kingdom, and the people... were mercilessly slaughtered, leaving no one alive.

In an instant, a violent wind blew up on the river, and the bamboo raft overturned. Princess Lanlian died and sank to the bottom of the water. At that moment, the heaven and earth wailed and changed color. Thunder and lightning, hail and showers frightened the enemies of the neighboring invaders.

All the monsters in the water within a hundred miles are angry!

These demonic beasts rushed onto the river bank with terrifying roars, biting the invaders from neighboring countries wildly, until corpses littered the fields and no one was left alive.

After several days of killing, the monsters in the water dived back into the Lang River, never to be seen again.

Since then, the Blue Lotus Kingdom and its neighboring countries have perished, but the remaining Blue Lotus citizens have thrived and lived by the river and survived with difficulty. They are the ancestors of the residents of Huiyang Town.

And the most important thing is that the "lotus seed incense" made by Princess Lanlian has also been passed down. Relying on the sale of this incense, Huiyang Town has prospered for many years before it achieved its current scene.

"Sir..." the shop owner said this, glanced at Guan Heng, who was dozing off with his eyes slightly closed, and then continued helplessly: "I told the story of lotus seeds incense with ups and downs, and now it's all over.

I'm so tired that my mouth is dry, so why don't you give me a few compliments and give me some face?"

"Uh?! Have you finished telling it?" Guan Heng yawned at this time and said: "Sorry, boss, I have heard this kind of story too many times before, so I am used to ignoring it now, hehe, but you told it really well."

"By the way." Guan Heng asked again: "You blow the incense so much, what are the benefits of it? Where can you get it?"

"Just smell the real lotus seed incense. It can calm the mind, eliminate fatigue, and prolong life..." When the boss said this, he couldn't help but shook his head: "But now, there is no blue lotus as raw material in the town.

The lotus seeds are incense."

Hearing this, Guan Heng frowned slightly and asked, "Why is this?" "That's because a huge accident happened more than ten years ago."

The boss explained at this moment: "I don't know why, the blue water lilies raised by everyone in the town, as well as the wild blue water lilies in the river, all withered and died, and not a single one was left. It was like a human infection.

There was a plague, so everyone called it the 'Lotus Plague."

The boss paused for a moment before continuing: "Since the blue water lotus is gone, the best quality lotus seed incense cannot be made. Almost all incense making workshops are closed.

Although there are many jobs that can make a living in the town, everyone has changed careers, and there is only..."

Just as the shop owner said this, an old man in ragged clothes suddenly came to the door. He was hunched over, and followed by a little boy carrying a bamboo basket. Although this child had no disability, he had a hare lip, which made people look stunned.

Compassion.

"Boss Zhu, would you like some incense today?"

The hunchbacked old man said with a bit of pleading in his tone: "I, I have already visited seven or eight shops, and everyone said they don't want it, but my family has been without cooking for a few days, so I can only shamelessly ask you to bring in some more incense.

As long as you can give us some rice to survive, please. The old one won't eat, but the child can't bear the hunger, cough cough cough..."

"Alas... Lao Gu, didn't I tell you that you refused to change your career back then?"

Boss Zhu looked at the embarrassment of the old and the young, and couldn't help but sigh: "Although your Gu family has the oldest incense workshop in Huiyang Town, after the extinction of the blue water lotus, we only use ordinary lotus seeds.

No one wants the incense produced.”

"If you don't have blue lotus seeds as raw materials, it will be useless no matter how good your craftsmanship is. Look, all the incense piled up in my shop are sent by you, and you can't sell it at all."

Seeing the embarrassment and distress on the other side, Boss Zhu continued: "No matter how kind-hearted I am, Old Zhu, I can't always help you. As you said, the old ones won't eat, and the young ones won't be able to bear it."

Hungry, in my opinion, you two should quickly change your career and find another way to make a living, otherwise, sooner or later, you will starve to death on the streets."

Guan Heng couldn't bear to listen at this time. He whispered to Boss Zhu: "Hey, please stop saying a few words. This person is so pitiful, can't you help me?"

"I've been helping for several years, and it's hard to take care of me when I'm poor..." Before Boss Zhu could finish speaking, Guan Heng took out a gold shell and pushed it in front of him: "Go and tell him that all the incense has been accepted."

, I don’t care if I can sell it in your store, and I won’t ask you for it, so that’s alright, right? Also, don’t say it was my intention.”

Boss Zhu was very excited when he saw the money, and he also had some kind-heartedness, so he picked up the goods and muttered: "Oh, kind-hearted people like you are really rare, so I will go and tell you." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!