Yihan, Yishuang and Gao Fei walked along the path to the mountain. On the way, Yishuang said to them: "Why don't these people find a way to get out?"
Gao Fei then answered: "I guess there are people who can't leave here, hahaha."
Yihan and Yishuang also knew that Gao Fei was joking, so they didn't care and continued on their way. After a while, the three of them came to a small hillside. There was a small wooden house on the hillside. In front of the door of the small wooden house was a white-haired man.
The old man was sitting in front of the door basking in the sun. At this time, Yi Shuang walked over and said: "Hello, old man, we are new residents. My name is Yi Shuang and the two are Yi Han and Gao Fei. We were sent here to cut down trees.
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The three of them looked at the young old man in front of them. He had a white beard and hair and looked like a fairy. He was a little thin and was wearing dog-skin clothes. He was wearing a grass skirt and a pair of straw sandals. He was small.
There were dark circles under his big eyes and nose. When he heard Yi Shuang talking to him, the old man raised his head and looked at Yi Shuang, then at Yi Han and Gao Fei and said, "Okay, let's go chop wood."
After saying that, the white-haired old man stood up and took the big eyebag on the side, and walked towards the woods nearby. The three of them saw stone axes on the ground and took three. Then they followed the white-haired old man and walked in.
The forest man leaned directly against a tree and said to the three of them: "Okay, you go ahead and chop it. Remember, these wood are chopped into firewood, and there must be enough for the whole island. Someone will come to get it later."
After saying this, the white-haired old man took out the flint from his tobacco bag, used the flint to ignite the tobacco and started smoking. Yihan and Yishuang listened to the old man's words and went to cut down the tree, but Gao Fei smelled the white hair.
There was a strange smell coming from the old man's cigarette. Gao Fei said to the two of them while cutting down the tree, "Do you smell any strange smell?"
Yihan and Yishuang exchanged glances, and then Yihan said: "No, maybe it's because I don't smoke. I feel that all smoke has the same smell. What do you smell?"
Gao Fei came closer and said to the two of them: "I've always wanted to say it. The residents here feel that they have high internal strength, and the island owner manages them very well. I think there must be something fishy in this."
After saying this, both Yihan and Yishuang understood. Gao Fei must have seen something, and Yishuang asked: "Brother Gao, have you seen something?"
Gao Fei glanced at the white-haired old man, and then said: "Although this old man is a little thin, I can tell that he is a professional, and I have never seen him smoke cigarettes."
At this time, Yihan somewhat understood what Gao Fei wanted to say. Gao Fei had been in teahouses all year round and must have seen all kinds of cigarettes, but Gao Fei said he had never seen this cigarette. Yihan then asked: "What do you mean?
Isn’t that what he smokes?”
Gao Fei nodded firmly and said, "If I guess correctly, what he smoked should be poppy leaves."
Yishuang scratched his head and said, "Poppy? What is that?"
Gao Fei showed a scary expression at this time and said: "This kind of thing was sold all year round in the Sakura Kingdom. I also heard from others, but there was an opium den opened in the Evernight City a few years ago, and it was later brought to me by Pluto Yang Xuan.
Forget it, I smelled the smell coming from it when I passed by, and it was similar to this old man's cigarette."
Yihan then asked: "What exactly is opium? What will happen if you smoke it?"
Gao Fei patiently explained to Yihan: "Smoking this kind of thing will make people hallucinate, make people feel ecstasy, and become addictive. I just heard what others said."
After hearing this, Yihan and Yishuang turned their heads and looked at the white-haired old man smoking. At this time, the white-haired old man took a puff of cigarette and closed his eyes to enjoy it. The more they looked at each other, the more they looked at each other. Yishuang asked Gao Fei again
Said: "How do you prove it?"
Gao Fei's expression became a little hesitant after hearing Yi Shuang's words, but he still said to the two of them: "Go over and ask and see how he answers."
Yihan said at this time: "I don't think it's good, and I don't think this opium is harmful."
Gao Fei shook his head and patted Yihan on the shoulder and said: "You are wrong. The more you smoke this thing, the more addictive it becomes. In the end, you will smoke yourself to death. And I also heard a way of using it, which is to use ***
Cooking can also be addictive.”
Yihan and Yishuang were both excited when these words came out. Yishuang thought of the fish soup made by Tongxian at this time. I don't know why it was so fresh. I couldn't drink enough of it every time. Only now did I realize it.
Yishuang said with a horrified expression: "Then... what should we do?"
Gao Fei patted Yi Shuang's arm and said, "It's okay. Judging from your current situation, it seems that you are not addicted yet. Once you stop it, there should be no problem. Now I will go over and confirm my suspicion."
Yihan scratched his head after hearing Gao Fei's words and said, "But how to verify it?"
Gao Fei raised his head and glanced at the white-haired old man. At this time, the white-haired old man was still enjoying the feeling brought by the tobacco with his eyes closed. Then Gao Fei said to the two of them with a wicked smile: "You can just go over and ask him directly."
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Yishuang shouted at this time: "Stop joking!"
This voice frightened Yihan, and he stretched out his hand to block Yishuang's mouth. Then the three of them looked back at the white-haired old man, and saw that the white-haired old man had already fallen asleep. Yihan put down his hand with relief.
Then Yishuang said in a low voice: "If you ask me directly, isn't this asking for death?"
Gao Fei's eyebrows were knitted together at this moment, and he looked at Yi Shuang with a confused look on his face and said, "Why did you die? We were just asking casually. Do you have a better way?"
Yishuang was speechless at this time, and Yihan on the side quickly continued: "Then let's play rock-paper-scissors, and the loser can ask."
Then Yihan gestured to Yishuang with two hands to indicate Yishuang to use the scissors. Yishuang understood at a glance and nodded to Yihan with a smile. Then Gao Fei also agreed to this method. The three people in the first round
They punched at the same time, but all three of them punched with scissors. Yihan and Yishuang were stunned. Gao Fei stood aside and urged: "Hurry up, let's go to the next round."
In the second round, Yihan and Gao Fei came out with rocks, and Yi Shuang still came out with scissors. Yi Shuang looked unhappy at this time, looking at Yi Han infatuatedly, while Gao Fei pushed Yi Shuang and said:
"Okay, go quickly and ask him directly if he is smoking poppy leaves."
After saying that, Gao Fei pushed Yi Shuang over. Yi Shuang had no choice but to come to the front of the white-haired old man and said tentatively: "Old man, are you asleep?"
At this time, the white-haired old man did not open his eyes, but replied: "What's the matter? Is something wrong?"
Yishuang looked reluctant at this time, but still said with difficulty: "No, just... you smoke it..."
At this time, the old man still did not open his eyes but stretched out the tobacco bag in his hand and said, "Come and have a taste."
Yishuang waved her hands quickly and said: "No, no, no, I just want to ask what this cigarette is?"
"You asked this, poppy leaves." The white-haired old man said the answer very openly. Yishuang was a little embarrassed at this time. He looked at the tobacco bag and then at the white-haired old man who closed his eyes to meditate, and said in a daze:
"Okay, uncle, please rest."
After saying that, Yishuang came back, and Gao Fei quickly asked: "How's it going? Did he say anything?"
Yishuang smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, people told me directly that they are poppy leaves. What should I do next?"
Gao Fei slapped his thigh and said, "Keep asking!"
Yishuang rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, let's play guessing again."
Yishuang clenched his fists while speaking. Yihan happened to see this scene and instantly understood what Yishuang meant. However, this scene happened to be seen by Gao Fei, and Gao Fei realized that the two were going to play tricks. Who knew this time in the third round of guessing?
Yihan and Yishuang both used scissors, while Gao Fei used cloth. Gao Fei was stunned. Yihan and Yi Shuang silently high-fived each other. Gao Fei shook his head helplessly and walked to the white-haired old man.
At this time, the white-haired old man opened one eye and looked at Gao Fei, then closed his eyes again and said, "Why do you keep looking for me if you don't work?"
Gao Fei looked at the white-haired old man's face at this time and felt that he had seen this person before. Then Gao Fei said to the white-haired old man: "May I ask what the old man's name is?"
The white-haired old man took another puff from his pipe and said, "No one has called me by my real name for a long time. My surname is Zhen. Just call me Zhenlao. You're welcome."
Gao Fei listened to Zhen Lao's words and thought about it carefully, and then in order to confirm his judgment, he grabbed Zhen Lao's pipe. Zhen Lao felt someone snatching his pipe and immediately opened his eyes, and then kicked Gao Fei in the face.
On his wrist, Gao Fei took off his hand and took a few steps back. Then Zhen Lao jumped up from the ground and said to Gao Fei: "You bastard, you still want to snatch my tobacco bag."
Seeing the two fighting, Yihan and Yishuang rushed over. The two gathered around Gao Fei. Yishuang said at this time: "Brother Gao, what are you doing?!"
Gao Fei stared at Zhen Lao in front of him and said, "You should be Zhen Gaoyuan of Kongwu Sect, Master Zhen."
Hearing Gao Fei call out his name, Zhen Lao was obviously a little panicked, and the hand holding the pipe began to tremble, and he said to Gao Fei: "You...who are you, how could you have seen me?!"
Yihan and Yishuang were also a little surprised at this time that Gao Fei actually knew the person in front of them, and this person was still from the Kongwu sect. Gao Fei smiled and said: "Of course I have never seen you, but you are over thirty
I left the Kong Wu Sect and went to Fairyland Island many years ago, just to find the supreme martial arts. You were famous in the world at that time, and the storyteller always told your stories, and I have also seen your portrait."
When Zhenlao heard this, his eyes immediately became blurry. He dropped his pipe and dropped it to the ground. He leaned against the tree and said with tears in his eyes: "There are still people who remember me. There are still people who remember me!"
Yihan and Yishuang saw that Zhenlao was so sad and went over to help Zhenlao. Yihan quickly asked: "Zhenlao, what's wrong with you?"
Zhen Gaoyuan shook his head and wiped his tears and said: "I have been here for thirty years and I am completely desperate. I have given up on the supreme martial arts a long time ago. Island Master Wen gave me this cigarette. What can I say to reduce my pain?"
From now on, I can only forget the pain when I smoke every day.”
After saying that, Zhen Gaoyuan completely collapsed. An old man in his sixties cried like a child. Seeing this scene made Yihan and Yishuang more determined to leave here. (To be continued)