The moon broke out of the clouds, casting a ray of light over the small park.
Xu Yan looked at the slovenly Taoist opposite, a little surprised and a little confused.
He knew the other person, he had known him many years ago, but the other person didn't know him.
This old man has been doing divination under the flower bed opposite the orphanage all year round. He is very casual and carefree. He was once the idol of many children in the orphanage.
Later, something happened to the orphanage, and Xu Yan luckily survived and started picking up garbage. Later, he became homeless and I saw him a few times.
Xu Yan smiled because the other party was an acquaintance, and more importantly because the other party claimed to be a good person.
What kind of words are these? How can anyone say that he is a good person? This sloppy Taoist has always been so weird.
Xu Yan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "So you are a Taoist priest. You can be regarded as the earliest street celebrity in Pingzhou!"
"Hahaha, you know me!" The sloppy Taoist laughed, "Everyone who is famous or not is a human being, and no one can escape this world!"
He pointed at the burning Cheng family courtyard and laughed, heartily but complicatedly.
"It seems that the Taoist priest is also a man with stories!" Xu Yan handed over his hand again, "You always expected that the southeast would catch fire today?"
"If you believe me, I'll do it. If you don't believe me, then I'll just be like you and meet you on a night out!" The sloppy Taoist gulped down his wine and said in amusement.
Xu Yan didn't think much, nodded and said: "Look, it seems to be the Cheng family's residence."
"Today, at this moment, this is the heavenly fire that eliminates evil. It's great, great, great!" The sloppy Taoist said and took another sip of wine. He handed over the dirty wine gourd with a smile, "Want a sip?"
"Thank you, I won't drink." Xu Yan declined, but he was surprised and confused.
Heavenly fire to ward off evil? Coincidence?
The two of them fell into silence in the night wind, each watching the fire intensify and then watched the fire truck arrive.
Xu Yan didn't ask further questions, and the sloppy Taoist didn't mean to elaborate. He just looked at it.
But after a while, seeing that the fire was almost extinguished, the sloppy Taoist glanced at Xu Yan and muttered something.
"Ahem, speaking of which, I haven't seen such a big fire in Pingzhou for many years."
The sloppy Taoist spoke again and said casually: "The last time was in the welfare home more than ten years ago. The fire was bigger that time, which is really heartbreaking!"
Xu Yan suddenly turned his head and looked at the other party with sharp eyes.
After a moment, he spoke with difficulty: "The Taoist priest saw that fire?"
"Of course I saw it!" The sloppy Taoist drank and nodded, "It was such a big fire. It burned down the house and people, including many poor children who were homeless!"
"In front of me is the fire from heaven to eliminate evil, but that scene is the fire of human resentment and evil!"
Xu Yan's hands trembled slightly, and he forced himself to speak calmly: "What do you mean, Taoist Master, is that fire man-made?"
"Haha!" The sloppy Taoist took a sip of wine, "It happened more than ten years ago. Let me just say that if you listen to it, no one will take it seriously, right?"
Xu Yan endured the excitement and nodded, then the Taoist wiped the wine stains from his beard. He sighed and said, "That night, the Taoist took a job and went to the countryside in the eastern suburbs to do something."
"I came back late after drinking too much. When I passed near the orphanage, I happened to see two people running away!"
"We chatted for a few words and got beaten up, and then the old Taoist saw the light of fire rising into the sky..."
Xu Yan could no longer control his trembling. He lowered his head and was agitated in his heart. His eyes seemed to have returned to the fire that year, the disaster that destroyed the last support of his childhood and wiped out all his familiar faces!
The broken wine gourd was handed over, smelling of wine.
Xu Yan subconsciously took it and took a sip. A spiciness burned down like a flame, and then it seemed that all the five internal organs in his stomach were on fire!
This was so strong that I felt a little dizzy after one sip.
Feeling dizzy, Xu Yan listened to the old Taoist continue: "It's an old story. The old Taoist only remembers that the left face of one of them was black, like a scar or a birthmark. I don't know who it is..."
"He passed away like this... take a sleep and relieve your worries!"
Xu Yan felt dizzy even more. He shook his head and wanted to ask more questions. He wanted to know the truth and details of that year. He wanted to know it so much!
But as he shook, his head became even more dizzy.
"Taoist Master..." Xu Yan stretched out his hand, staggered after the sloppy Taoist figure, and then fell down on the steps of the pavilion, snoring loudly.
The sloppy Taoist next to him smiled, stretched out his hand in front of Xu Yan, frowned, and put his finger on Xu Yan's wrist. Then his sloppy old face was full of shock!
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The fire in the Cheng family courtyard was extinguished.
Cheng Qingtian, however, sent the firefighters away with great gratitude and did not let them check the greenhouse again.
He didn't dare to do this because he didn't want to cause trouble for the Cheng family.
Cheng Qingfu fell to the ground, looking at the other courtyard that was burned to ashes, his face was ashen.
Cheng Qingtian chased everyone away, especially the stubborn Cheng Wuchi, and then sighed and walked over.
"Brother, you are so exposed late at night, go back to the front yard!" Cheng Qingtian couldn't bear it, "I went to clean the greenhouse. You should tell me about other things later, right?"
"Everything is in vain, what else is there to say?" Cheng Qingfu did not get up and stared blankly at the smoking ruins.
"I just saw it. He Shaotong was burned into a ball and was still pressed inside!"
Cheng Qingtian lowered his voice and roared: "If something like this happens, if you are not careful, the Cheng family will be implicated. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
When Cheng Qingfu heard this, he looked up at him and sneered: "The master of the house is so majestic!"
"You, the eldest brother, have always been so majestic!"
Cheng Qingtian's pupils shrank, and he didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this old thing!
They are obviously brothers, but few people know that Cheng Qingtian is the real head of the Cheng family and the direct descendant of the Cheng family!
As for Cheng Qingfu, it was just because of his outstanding talent since he was a child that he was adopted by the head of the old family and adopted into the eldest house!
"But no matter how majestic you are, you are still warriors without vision and structure!"
Cheng Qingfu sat on the ground and sneered, "I single-handedly allowed you to establish the Arm Sword Sect and lead the Cheng family to its current height!"
"And you, Cheng Qingtian, what are you capable of? You can't even deal with a young boy!"
Cheng Qingtian was frightened and angry, and his face kept changing.
But Cheng Qingfu stood up, looked at the ruins of the other courtyard and murmured: "What about the eldest and second bedroom, whether you are the head of the house or not, you are just short-sighted!"
"I have become the number one person in Pingzhou on my own. Who can compare with me without relying on family?"
"And I, I could have walked higher and stepped into a broader world, but now...it's all over!"
"This is due to you and your good grandson!"
Cheng Qingfu was full of hatred, clearly angry at Cheng Qingtian's uselessness and Cheng Wuchi's stubbornness.
Cheng Qingtian's expression kept changing. He was very annoyed, but he really... couldn't figure out what he meant behind these words!
In the final analysis, he is just a warrior, a pure and simple warrior!
Cheng Wuchi's recklessness was a stubborn one, so why didn't he inherit this?
"No, I still have a chance!" Cheng Qingfu suddenly clenched his fist and looked at the ruins and said: "Although it is much fuller, there are still tasks to do in the medical center. After getting the task reward, I will still have time to send people to Yunzhou.
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Cheng Qingtian was shocked. He didn't understand anything else, but he understood this sentence.
Yunzhou! Isn’t that where the evil blood worm came from as mentioned before?
It turns out that He Shaotong was arranged by his eldest brother to go there?!
"Crazy, you are simply crazy!" Cheng Qingtian was shocked and furious, threw away his hands and left angrily!
He didn't want to hear any more, and he didn't want to have anything to do with this lunatic!
But Cheng Qingfu ignored him and walked into the ruins and laughed loudly. He laughed and cursed, He Shaotong, the He family, Xu Yan and everyone else!
Finally the scolding stopped, Cheng Qingfu summoned a shovel and walked towards the greenhouse with a hunched figure.
After struggling to find the charred mass under the ruins, no human form could be seen.
He picked it up with a shovel expressionlessly, but Cheng Qingfu was suddenly startled.
No! The blood worms will be burned to death by the fire, but what about the crystal worm nest? Is it also burned?
He hurriedly searched for it in the ruins of the flower house, but found nothing.
"Perhaps it was really burned?" Cheng Qingfu fell into the ruins and murmured, a little unsure.
What he didn't understand even more was why He Shaotong set fire to the greenhouse and the other courtyard.
Could it be that he just lost control when he was lighting up his cigarette? Or... there was something else hidden?
Cheng Qingfu looked at the night sky in despair, having no way of knowing!