Lian Youyou put her hands behind her back and stood in front of Mr. He and Lin Yu Niang. They were trembling with their heads almost touching the ground, not daring to look up at Lian Youyou.
Lian Youyou put her hands in front of her again, clasped them together, twirled her thumbs, and frowned: "Well... what should I do with you?"
"Great Immortal, please forgive me! This was all my fault. No, no, no, it was me who thought of it. It has nothing to do with Yu Niang. I am willing to forgive you with my life--" Old Scholar He fell to the ground and cried.
When Lin Yu Niang heard that the old man was willing to die for her, she immediately hugged He Lao Xiucai's body and said, "What does it have to do with you? It's me, I, I—" Lin Yu Niang cried and patted her chest, "Great Immortal, take my life, take my life—"
Lian Youyou looked at the old couple hugging and crying, with a calm expression. Over tens of thousands of years, there have been many sentimental things. Therefore, no matter how miserable the old couple cried, Lian Youyou would not be moved~~
Although she was not moved, Lian Youyou would not take their lives. At this age, her fate had come to an end, what was she doing here? She couldn't exchange anything with the demons in the underworld. Those guys were very smart and only took souls that were pure gold.
He Shiqi was humming a tune in his room while packing a large package for himself. The package was almost as big as him. He picked it up and tied it around his neck, as if he was carrying a small mountain on his back.
He came out happily carrying a big package, but saw his parents crying. He was stunned. After a while, he also cried out "Wow--".
"Dad, Mom, why are you crying?" He didn't even know why his parents were crying, but he just cried along with them foolishly.
When his parents heard He Shiqi's voice, they slowly looked towards him, only to see that he was carrying a large package.
Lin Yu Niang cried and grabbed He Shiqi's robe: "Ah Qi - what are you doing - where are you going -"
He Shiqi was stunned for a moment, sniffed his nose, and stopped crying. He ran towards Lian Youyou happily, and took the robe from Lin Yuniang's hand. He stood behind Lian Youyou, and happily put his hands on her shoulders: "My master wants to take me to Beijing to play! Mother! My son is going to Beijing to be a high official! Make a lot of money! Build a big house for you!" After saying this, He Shiqi put his hands on his waist, raised his face forty-five degrees, and pouted without recognizing any relatives.
Mr. He and Lin Yu Niang knelt there blankly, tears still streaming down their faces.
Lian Youyou frowned slightly, raised her eyebrows and looked at them: "Alright, stop crying. You have raised Ah Qi and you have done me a great favor. If I don't want your lives, I will give them to you..." Lian Youyou began to roll her eyes, and suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she snapped her fingers, "Snap", pointing at the old couple, and grinned, "We died together in the same sleep on the same day of the same year."
Lian Youyou finished speaking and gave herself a thumbs-up: "I am so smart."
He Laoxiucai and Lin Yuniang were stunned. Lian Youyou said... Grant them... to die in sleep? What does this mean
Lian walked around them and came to their door. She took a look, put her finger on it with saliva, and wrote on the door: Ci, He Wenhui, Lin Yu Niang, died in their sleep on the same day of the same year.
Finally, he drew a symbol of the passage of time. The words and the symbol had already dried up when Lian Youyou wrote them, leaving no trace on the door.
Lian walked back slowly and saw that Mr. He and Lin Yuniang were still in a daze. She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows: "What? Still unhappy? How many years do you two have left to live?" Lian retracted her gaze and raised her right hand to count with her fingers like those charlatans. She moved two fingers and then stopped. She looked at the old couple again: "You two will suffer a lot of illnesses in your later years. You will suffer from illness for a year, groaning every day and unable to sleep every night. Now, I grant you the power of sleeping to death, and the disease will not dare to bother you anymore. Isn't it great? Isn't it great? No need to thank me, hahahaha—"
Lian Youyou laughed crazily, turned around and waved: "Let's go!" Lian Youyou strode forward, and her fluttering skirt actually brought out a sense of immortality.
He Shiqi immediately followed again.
Lin Tingjun pulled Lian Youyou onto the horse neatly, but he showed disdain, rolled his eyes at her, and sneered, "Lian is such a liar, sneer!"
The big black horse galloped away immediately.
Suddenly, the hand that was originally around his waist grabbed his reins and turned the horse's head.
Lin Tingjun turned around and shouted, "Danger! Don't move!"
Lian Youyou glanced at him speechlessly: "Handsome boy, you are going in the wrong direction~~That is to Qinzhou. Qinzhou is in the upper reaches of Tianliu River, and Beijing is in the lower reaches of Tianliu River. Brother - you are a directionally challenged person -"
Lin Tingjun's expression immediately tightened and he turned back hurriedly. Oh no, he had gone in the wrong direction again.
"Hehe, you have a poor sense of direction." He Shiqi also looked at Lin Tingjun with a silly smile.
Being teased by a fool, Lin Tingjun's face immediately became hot. Fortunately, the night covered her beauty. He said no more and rode away immediately.
"Dad—Mom—are gone—don't kneel anymore, it's a cold night—see you later—" He Shiqi shouted, and with the wind at his feet, he chased after the horse, carrying the package as big as a hill on his back.
He Laoxiucai and Lin Yu Niang slowly came back to their senses, tears welling up again, but deep in their hearts they were moved and ashamed. They joined hands and bowed to the ground again: "Thank you, great immortal, for the gift of death in sleep—"
They both stood up with tears in their eyes and happy smiles on their faces. Their worries were finally resolved. They were able to die in sleep, which was the greatest blessing in life.
They supported each other, walked slowly into the room, and closed the door. A silver light suddenly burst out from the door, and the divine seal appeared immediately. In the light, the evil spirits could no longer hide, and the strange black air of strange shapes fled everywhere and disappeared into the night.
After leaving Pingshan North Village, there is a road leading to another big city: Yongtai City.
This area is rich in resources, has a suitable climate, and the state capital is prosperous.
Yongtai City is also a city that never sleeps, but unlike Qinzhou Prefecture City, it is famous for its wine. Merchants from the south and north, if they come here and don't drink Yongtai wine, it would be a waste of their stay in Yongtai City. Then, these merchants will send Yongtai wine to all parts of the country.
When Lin Tingjun arrived, the gates of Yongtai City had already been closed.
Lin Tingjun looked towards the top of the city wall and said, "Open the gate! Quickly!" He was in a hurry to go to bed.
The soldiers on the tower would not have paid attention to someone asking to open the gate, but when they saw the man below was wearing imperial robes, they did not dare to neglect him and shouted, "Who is coming? Do you have a pass?"
Lin Tingjun pulled out a badge from his arms, which was another pass to the city.
When the soldiers saw the order to pass through, they immediately shouted: "Open the city gate!"
The huge vermilion lacquered and gold-painted city gate creaked open in front of Lian Youyou. Immediately, a row of big red lanterns brought the prosperity of Yongtai City into Lian Youyou's eyes. Following closely, the faint aroma of wine, like the fragrance of a young girl, came slowly, intoxicating.
Lin Tingjun didn't wait for a moment and rode his horse straight in. When he galloped through the city gate, he turned his head slightly backward, glanced with cold eyes, and continued forward.
It turns out that He Shiqi had been left behind long ago. (To be continued)