Sometimes, when you encounter something that you can't understand at all, your brain will shut down, just like me now.
The sight in front of me was completely beyond my comprehension! I am now in a bustling street, but this street is full of ancient buildings, and the pedestrians coming and going on the street are all dressed in ancient costumes!
I... Is this time traveling? I rolled my eyes and shook my head, recalling Master Liu's words, "There are some things you should see for yourself." Could it be that Master Liu took me back to ancient times? Thinking in my mind, I walked towards the street. Looking at the passers-by in the street, they all have ugly faces, and one can guess that the life of the people here is not good. I saw a young man walking by, so I stepped forward and asked, "I'm sorry, brother. I don't know where this is, what year it is now..." I shut up before I could finish the question. , because the man continued to move forward as if he didn't see me.
I feel a little unhappy in my heart. Did you know that you just said something? Why do you treat me like air? Although I feel uncomfortable, I can still understand it. After all, I am wearing strange clothes and I don’t know if people here can understand my accent. After all, if this place was really ancient, it would be impossible for my accent to be completely matched, and it would be very possible for others to not understand it.
I smiled bitterly, turned around and walked towards the roadside vegetable stall. Seeing the vegetable seller busy with his own vegetables, I stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, I'm really sorry to ask you something." ... ..." However, before I could finish my question, the uncle treated me as if I were nothing and ignored me completely.
Only then did I realize something was wrong. I squatted down and waved my hand in front of the uncle, but he really didn't notice! I really want to be completely transparent. People here can't see me or hear my voice!
I was like a ghost, wandering aimlessly in such an ancient town for a whole day. It wasn't until the evening that I considered one question, where would I live? But then I discovered that at the end of the day, not only did I not feel tired, I didn’t even feel hungry at all! At this time, I started to be afraid, I don’t want to die! Has the soul traveled back to ancient times? So he became a lonely ghost
I was shocked, but there was nothing I could do. Since Mr. Liu asked me to come here, there must be a purpose. I have no choice but to continue wandering in this city.
While I was wandering aimlessly, I suddenly saw among the people coming and going near the city gate. There were many people going in and out of the city gate with carts and burdens. Curious, I walked to the city gate to take a look and saw that these people had two baskets on their poles. Some people looked happy and carried one or two children in their baskets. Some people's faces were full of tears and their faces were mournful, but the baskets of these people were empty.
I walked against the flow of most people and walked outside the city gate. When I reached the outside of the city, I saw an endless stream of people carrying poles. Of course, it is not accurate to say that there is an endless stream here, but among the teams entering the city, there are always two or three carrying poles and children in baskets. Just when I was confused, I heard a loud shout from behind me: "The time is up! Close the city gate!" Then I heard a loud noise, and the city gate was closed, locking me out!
When people entering the city saw that the city gate was closed, they unloaded their luggage and stopped their cars to rest on the spot. Some even spread their beds on the ground and lay down. Those carrying the empty poles also stopped at this time. Some were leaning against the city wall, while others were slumped on the ground and burst into tears. When one cries, the rest of the people carrying the pole are also infected, and the crying makes one sad. Such crying made the people carrying poles out of the city all look a little more anxious, and they quickened their pace towards the outside of the city. It seemed that they were preparing to travel all night.
Seeing the people squatting in pain under the city wall, I stepped forward to comfort them, but unfortunately they couldn't see me at all. I sighed and thought to myself, what kind of place is this where people are in such a state of desperation? While thinking about it, he looked around. Suddenly, I felt like something was wrong with the city wall. After careful analysis, I discovered why the city walls were so colorful? In my memory, the city wall should be made of bluestone bricks. This is how colorful it is...
Thinking about it, I walked to the root of the city wall, and then I saw clearly that there were colorful things on the city wall. They were covered with missing person notices! All kinds of missing person notices are plastered all over the city wall. Although they are all different, the contents of these missing person notices are all the same! All the missing persons in missing persons notices are children! Only then did I remember, isn’t this the same scene not only outside the city wall, but also inside the city wall? When I left the city just now, my attention was all on the people carrying the poles, but I didn't notice the city wall. Now that I think about it, that's not true!
Thinking about it, I subconsciously looked towards the top of the city wall. At this sight, I was stunned on the spot. I saw two big characters "无End" written on the big plaque at the top of the city wall!
Suddenly, an inexplicable chill spread from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and my head instantly buzzed! The skin all over my body was tight and goosebumps appeared all over my body! I felt my heart began to speed up involuntarily, my chest felt tight, and stars flashed before my eyes.
A series of discomforts forced me to squat down and gasp for air. What exactly is going on? This place is so endless! This is endless! Which era is this? ? A series of questions popped out of my mind, making me restless. An inexplicable sadness hit my heart, and I really couldn't calm down.
At this time, there were still many people carrying children and empty poles rushing to the city gate. When they saw that the city gate was closed, they all stopped and rested at the city gate. At this moment, I suddenly felt a familiar yet unfamiliar breath passing through the air! Immediately, a strong pressure came from the top of his head, and an indescribable domineering force began to shrink and suppress in the air.
I looked up into the sky reflexively, but there was nothing. I opened my spiritual eyes and looked into the sky again. This time I saw a group of auspicious clouds shrinking rapidly in the sky, and at the same time, a colorful ray of light was also shrinking and converging rapidly, and was descending. In an instant, the domineering force and pressure disappeared, and the auspicious clouds and glow also fell into the trees not far away. Then I saw a Taoist priest wearing a green robe, wearing a Taoist temple and holding a fly whisk walking out of the bushes.
A strange feeling came over me again. This Taoist priest gave me an extremely familiar yet unfamiliar feeling. I looked at the Taoist priest's face carefully to confirm that I had never seen him before. At this time, I remembered what my father said. When my father picked me up, it was a tall old Taoist who held me as a baby and delivered me to my father's hands...
No, the time is wrong! Judging from the attire of the people in this place, they are not even from the Qing Dynasty, which means they must be earlier than the Qing Dynasty. And my father picked me up in 1990, so the time does not match. But the old Taoist who strolled over really gave me a sense of familiarity, as if he was an old friend I hadn't seen for a long time, but I couldn't figure out who it was for a while. Familiar and strange.
I saw the Taoist priest walking up to a man carrying a child on the road, stroking his long beard, bowing with a whisk, and saying: "A poor Taoist is polite." After saying "A poor Taoist is polite," my head suddenly went crazy again. There was a "buzz" sound! This voice! This voice is also very familiar! At this point I can be sure that I must know this Taoist priest! The Taoist priest's voice seemed to be imprinted in my mind. Even though I had never seen it before, I knew that voice! It's as familiar as the Taoist priest's voice that has been imprinted in my mind since I was born!
I couldn't help but walked in the direction of the Taoist priest. When I saw the man carrying the child, he saluted the Taoist priest and asked, "I wonder where the hair comes from?" The ragged man carrying the child actually said the same thing. He was polite and polite, but seemed to be a person of considerable status, which was very inconsistent with his attire.
At this time, I heard the Taoist priest say: "The poor Taoist came from Fengrun County in the east. Along the way, he saw many pedestrians carrying shoulder poles, and many of them carried children among the burdens, but I don't know why?" I heard the Taoist priest ask this, The man carrying the child put down the pole, picked up the child who could not walk yet from the basket and said, "Taoist Master, you don't know something! Taoist Master, please look..." As he said this, the man's He pointed his finger in the direction of the city wall, signaling the Taoist priest to look at the missing person notice on the wall.
When the Taoist priest saw the missing persons notice all over the wall, he asked again: "What... is this going on?" The man holding the child sighed and said: "Oh! To be honest with the Taoist priest, we... People all go to Fengrun County to redeem their children!"