The inside of Laojun Temple was still leisurely and boring. Su Ren still basked in the sun and drank tea every day, and Leng Jun still chatted with him. During this period, the two of them talked a lot, talking about everything except Su Ren's life experience. From the origin of the universe to
Many of the words of the ancestor of mankind were unheard of by Leng Jun, and Su Ren could always find suitable examples that made people believe that what he said was true.
"Everything is constantly progressing and developing, and nothing remains the same. Even if it seems like there is no change now, in fact it is changing every moment. Time is the source of changing everything. As long as time exists, we will
It can only make things infinitely close to stillness, but it cannot be completely still. If it really comes to stillness, it will have traveled through time."
After saying this, Su Ren suddenly thought of himself, lowered his head and smiled bitterly. Ever since he and Leng Jun were talking about philosophy, everything could be related to time travel. Now when Su Ren talks about time travel, he has no idea.
Instead of the initial fear, I felt more helpless and depressed.
"Nothing is absolute. Many times, many things cannot be verified. There is no way to explain them with scientific basis. Maybe there are really completely static things. These accidental events are a special case. Maybe you will meet them one day.
, that’s why I understand.”
Leng Jun was confused. Su Ren was very strange today and said a lot of strange things. Leng Jun took a deep breath: "I don't understand what you said, but it sounds related to our Taoist thoughts. Isn't that completely still?"
Just immortality?”
"Immortality? What's the benefit of that? When a person's life is annoying, living is a kind of suffering."
"Although it is torture, no one wants to die!"
"That's right, death is too terrible. We are too young to feel it. The older we are, the more afraid we are of death."
Hu Ji clasped his hands and peeked in secretly at the door. He was the busiest person in the entire Laojun Temple, and there must be something big happening when he arrived suddenly. After gathering his mood, Su Ren waved to Hu Ji.
Hu Ji walked over with a smile on his face: "Sir, I'm not disturbing you two, are you?"
"We are bored, what's going on? How is the production of bag salt this month?"
Hu Ji smiled: "That's good! Since our manpower increased, those old people have become experienced experts, and the production of cloth bag salt has also increased."
"That's good!"
Su Ren poured a cup of tea for Hu Ji, motioned Hu Ji to sit down and said. Hu Ji sat modestly in a corner, thinking about it several times without knowing where to start.
Su Ren smiled: "If you have anything to say, just say it. We are all our own people. Don't hesitate and feel awkward."
"Actually, it's not a big deal. A distant relative of mine wants to come to Laojun to visit us. He asked me to talk to my husband and hope he can take him in."
"You can make the decision on this matter. There is no need to ask me."
"No, it's like this. My distant relative is not here to do work. He also wants to be taken in by my husband and be a domestic slave like me." Hu Ji said very carefully: "My distant relative is better than me. There are some
My craftsmanship is that of a blacksmith who is well-known in the Wenshui area. My husband also knows that my big man is strict about iron management, and his craftsmanship is of little use. Apart from casting swords for the barracks, he usually has little work and cannot support his family. This
talent……"
"Technical talents, great! Let's stay."
When Hu Ji heard this, he quickly stood up and thanked him. He shouted towards the door: "Cousin, come in, sir, I agree."
A tall and thick man came in. His whole body was covered with tendons and his skin was bronze, and he looked very strong. Behind him were seven or eight young and strong men, all of whom were seventeen or eighteen years old, and all of them were very lean.
As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and kowtowed to Su Ren: "The villain Shi Manzhu has met Mr. Su and Taoist Master Leng." He was a truly miserable man, and he acted and spoke with sincerity.
Leng Jun remained silent and frowned as he looked at Shi Manzhu and the seven or eight young men behind him.
Su Ren chuckled: "Hey, there are so many people. Now our Laojun Temple will no longer be said to be all old, weak, women and children. Let's all get up."
"Hey!" Shi Manzhu stood up first and called the younger students behind him to get up as well.
Su Ren looked over one by one: "Yes, yes, they are all great young men. Since you have the ability to forge, then stay in the temple and listen to Manager Hu's instructions. If you work hard, the whole family will have enough food and clothing. If you follow me, you will not be let down."
Suffer a loss."
"Thank you Mr. Su, we will do a good job."
Shi Manzhu grinned widely, but the young men behind him had calm faces, without any expression, which made people feel abnormal. Shi Manzhu coughed: "Why don't you thank Mr. Su quickly, everyone needs to be dealt with."
Only then did those people say some words of thanks.
After a few words of comfort, he told Hu Ji to settle down well, and asked Hu Ji to take Shi Manzhu and others down.
Looking at the backs of those people, his stern eyebrows furrowed together: "Don't you think these people are a little strange?"
"What's strange? Are there not many people coming to Laojunguan every day?"
"Guanshi Hu said that his distant relative is going to be a domestic slave. It should at least be a family, right? This big man has seven or eight young men. Is this a family?"
"Lao Shi has already said that they are all his disciples. They have neither father nor mother. He will take them wherever he goes."
Leng Jun sighed: "I've seen this stone blacksmith before, right by the warm water outside Dongcheng. He usually can't beat him with a few sticks, but he responded easily today. Something is always wrong."
"Hahaha!" Su Ren said with a smile: "You can also see that something is wrong?"
"Don't be sarcastic. I didn't need to report this matter to you. Don't you have other ideas when Manager Hu comes here? I think Manager Hu must feel something is wrong. I'm here to remind you not to take other people's kindness seriously.
."
Su Ren was not smiling: "That man is Hu Guanshi's cousin. There are many things that Hu Guanshi cannot say. How could I not know? I left those people behind just to see what they are going to do."
"Should we call Hawking back?"
"You don't have confidence in yourself?"
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it!" Leng Jun frowned again and flicked his sleeves: "You can drink tea alone. I have to go for a walk. It's really boring to talk to you."
"Hahaha..." Su Ren laughed from behind.
Shi Manzhu was arranged by Hu Ji in the west courtyard behind the main hall. Today's Laojun Temple is no longer what it was before. It has been greatly expanded on the original basis. No one cares about the barren mountains and ridges. Su Ren asked people to move the left and right sides.
The land was leveled, and the east side was used as a warehouse, the west side was a processing workshop, and the back was where the workers lived.
Shi Manzhu and others were arranged together in a separate house. The beds and furniture were ready, and they could just put their shabby bedding on them.
"This Laojun observes that there are three meals a day. Ringing the bell means it's time to eat. It's under the thatched hut at the back. You don't have to pay to have enough food. You can get familiar with it today, and I'll tell you what to do tomorrow."
Shi Manzhu nodded: "Okay, I understand, you can go."
Hu Ji glanced at those people and wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it. After leaving the door, he looked up to the sky and sighed, feeling extremely sour and a little painful.
Blacksmith Shi Manzhu suddenly received a bamboo slip yesterday afternoon. When he saw the bright red seal under the bamboo slip, he immediately understood that after waiting for so many years, it was finally time for him to take action. Following the instructions on the bamboo slip, Blacksmith Shi called his apprentices to clean up.
I came to Laojun Temple to look for Hu Ji overnight. Everything went smoothly and I entered Laojun Temple easily.
"From today on, everyone will work hard and wait until there are no new orders!"
The eight apprentices quickly agreed, without any more unnecessary nonsense, and silently tidied their beds.
Lengjun walked around for a while, and when he returned to the big tree again, Su Ren was still sitting there. He folded his arms and took a nap in the sun. There was a green-headed fly lying unscrupulously on the tip of his nose. Su Ren didn't feel anything at all. Lengjun didn't feel anything.
He suddenly took action, and before the blowfly felt the danger, he caught it with two fingers and killed the little guy with all his strength.
Su Ren was startled and didn't bother to wipe the saliva from his mouth: "What are you going to do?"
Leng Jun threw the dead fly on the table: "They say that dead people attract flies, but you, a living person, also attract flies?"
"How about scaring me? What's the origin of that group of people?"
Leng Jun shook his head: "I don't know, but it must have a great origin. There won't be any problems for the time being, but I can't be sure in the future."
"Is it sent by Liu Wen?"
"Not ruled out."
"What's the use of sending these seven or eight blacksmiths?"
"They are not all blacksmiths. These people walk steadily and have strong body strength. They all have some martial arts skills. Especially Shi Manzhu, he should be a guy with infinite strength. You can tell by looking at his body."
"Is there any problem with Hu Ji?"
"At least Hu Ji knows about it!"
Su Ren stretched out: "It's getting more and more interesting. It seems that Liu Wen hasn't taken action all the time, but has been planning. When the layout is over, Hu Ji wants to have a pot of rice.
Liu Wen’s people have kept this secret from me for so long.”
"Are you hiding anything from me?" Su Ren suddenly asked Leng Jun.
Leng Jun took a step back involuntarily: "I, how can I hide anything from you? A monk, no, absolutely not!"
Just when Su Ren was about to ask further questions, Hu Ji came again, sweating profusely. He ran all the way and knelt down when he saw Su Ren: "Sir, I'm sorry for you. I'm not a human being. I didn't tell you the truth.
I don’t ask for your forgiveness, I just ask that for the sake of my dedication these past few months, please help my wife and children.” After saying that, he took out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into his chest.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Leng Jun kicked the dagger out of Hu Ji's hand.
Su Ren wiped the sweat from his head: "What are you doing? Those people are not good, and I don't blame you. What will happen to your wife and children if you die?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Sir, I can't help you. You helped me save my life, but I am no better than a pig or a dog. Our Laojunguan is more than just Shi Manzhu's group of Liu Wen's men!" (To be continued)
