Chen Yuan didn't dare to let the old man touch him. It would be tragic if the old man cast some sinister spell on him.
But Chen Yuan could not show too obvious resistance, so Chen Yuan pretended to scratch his back and skillfully avoided the old man's scratch.
Seeing the old man's hand awkwardly suspended in the air, Chen Yuan chuckled: "I wonder if I was contaminated with something unclean in the peach blossom forest just now. My body is really itchy."
The old man's eyes flashed, and he said with concern: "The guest thinks he has been poisoned by the peach blossom miasma. Quickly swallow this detoxifying pill to relieve this misfortune."
As he spoke, the old man took out a shiny pill from his arms, stretched it out in front of Chen Yuan's eyes, and signaled Chen Yuan to take the elixir quickly.
Chen Yuan was smiling on the outside, but in his heart he was in a hurry.
If I take your detoxifying pill, I will be truly poisoned.
However, that certainly cannot be said.
Therefore, Chen Yuan waved his hands repeatedly: "I'm too polite, there's no need to be like this. It's just a little itchy, and there are no other abnormalities. I guess it's caused by being contaminated with some pollen. The tolerance will pass. There's no need to waste my elixir." Already."
Seeing that Chen Yuan was very determined to refuse, the old man had no choice but to give up.
After taking back the pill that was either poisoning or detoxifying, the old man took Chen Yuan back to his home.
As he walked, he asked Chen Yuan: "May I ask my guest, what year is it outside now? How many generations have we passed on to the Qin Dynasty? Is the First Emperor still alive?"
Chen Yuan knew that the old man's memory was stuck in the chaotic times of the late Qin Dynasty, so he was not surprised by his question.
However, Chen Yuan had to look surprised, otherwise he would be exposed.
Therefore, Chen Yuan said in surprise: "Now that the Liu family of the Han Dynasty is the emperor, the First Emperor has died long ago, and the Qin Dynasty has also been dead for hundreds of years. Don't I know that?"
The old man sighed melancholy and said: "What our guests don't know is that since our ancestors took refuge here in the late Qin Dynasty, we, the people of Taohua Village, have never left this place for hundreds of years, and no outsiders have ever been here, so we are not familiar with the outside world." I didn’t know anything about the situation, but it made the guests laugh.”
Chen Yuanzuo expressed envy: "My father-in-law is so lucky. I think the life in your place is much better than outside."
When the old man heard this, he turned to look at Chen Yuan and said with a smile, "Does the guest really see it that way?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "That's the case. Although the outside world can't be called troubled times, the lives of the people like me in Cangshou are also difficult. Not only are the taxes and miscellaneous taxes as fierce as tigers, but some wealthy families don't regard us as human beings, especially Some places in the north were plundered by the barbarians, just like livestock, and they called us Han people two-legged sheep. You can imagine how sad these days are, the precarious situation, life is worse than death."
The old man said in surprise: "If you put it this way, wouldn't it be worse than the troubled times of the late Qin Dynasty where our ancestors lived?"
Chen Yuan was silent for a while, nodded and said: "That's exactly it."
The old man was secretly happy, it was so good, so good.
While the two were talking, they arrived at the old man's home.
This old man probably has a good status in the village, and he is not even the village chief, so his house is quite well built.
The two-entry house looks like about six or seven houses. It has a wooden structure and is covered with blue tiles. It is definitely unique in the entire Taohua Village.
The old man Jiuzhang let Chen Yuan into his home, and while chatting with Chen Yuan, he ordered his wife to serve food and wine.
During this period, other people from the village also came to the old man's home.
However, what chilled Chen Yuan's heart was that, both adults and children, although they looked enthusiastic and joyful, their eyes were not active, their eyes barely moved, and they exuded a dull death expression.
Looking at the group of dead ghosts in front of him, Chen Yuan looked at Tai Shici and Zhao Yun, and then he felt a little warm and confident.
Afraid of hair!
At worst, the table is turned over. These two first-level experts can't destroy these ghosts.
Chen Yuan followed the thing that didn't know whether it was a ghost or a dead person, thinking about how to escape.
Not long after, a seemingly sumptuous banquet was prepared.
There are wine, meat, various dishes, fruits, etc. It looks quite good.
When the old man Jiuzhang saw that the banquet was set, he asked everyone to sit at the table and coughed lightly.
Everyone looked at the old man and saw the old man holding up the wine glass and saying: "Our Taohua Village has not been connected to the outside world for hundreds of years. It is our honor and opportunity to have distinguished guests visit our Taohua Village today, so let us
Let’s all raise a toast to these distinguished guests.”
As he spoke, the old man raised his glass, and the rest of the people also raised their glasses.
Then everyone's eyes turned to Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan's heart trembled.
The old man wanted to force them to drink this glass of wine.
It seems that this wine is definitely not a good thing. It is probably a poisonous wine that can control others.
I absolutely can't drink it, but I haven't found a way to get out yet. It's not the time to fall out, I have to explain it cleverly.
Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said apologetically: "Thank you, my father-in-law, and everyone else for your kindness. It stands to reason that if you all offer good wine, I will definitely drink it. It's just that I've been drinking too much wine in the past few days, and I suddenly fell ill."
I have liver disease, and the doctor Quzhong, the sage of the Apricot Grove in the city, told me not to drink alcohol anymore, otherwise if I get sick again, there will be no cure, so I ask for your forgiveness."
With that said, Chen Yuan stood up and bowed to apologize.
As soon as Chen Yuan finished speaking, the place fell silent and you could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, the old man with the dove stick smiled and said: "Since the guest is ill, we won't force the guest. Then we can invite the guest to sit down and have some food."
Chen Yuan had no choice but to sit down again. He had already rejected the old man twice. Chen Yuan felt that if he refused again, he would be in trouble. The old man would resort to some tough measures if he had no choice but to do so.
Although Chen Yuan is not afraid, Chen Yuan still wants to find out the truth in this peach blossom garden, so he should stabilize the old man first.
Fortunately, the clothes at this time were all wide robes with long sleeves. As long as you cover your mouth while eating, no one would be able to notice if something leaks into the sleeves.
So, Chen Yuan looked at Tai Shici and others, and raised his sleeves in a subtle way, and everyone immediately understood.
In the eyes of everyone, Chen Yuan and the others picked up the food, put it to their mouths, then covered it with their other hand, opened their mouths and seemed to swallow it, but in fact they dropped it into their sleeves.
While chewing, Chen Yuan praised: "This beef is delicious. I haven't eaten such delicious beef in a long time."
When the old man Jiuzhang saw Chen Yuan finally eating, a flash of joy flashed through his eyes.
The old man smiled and said: "Since the guests think it is delicious, then eat more. Also, these dishes are very good and are carefully made. I hope the guests will like them."
Chen Yuan already had a way to cheat at this time, so naturally he would not be polite.
So he said cheerfully: "Of course that's the case, so you're welcome. I just spent a day sightseeing, and I'm hungry."
As he said that, Chen Yuan picked up the other dishes with his chopsticks and seemed to put them into his mouth as before, but in fact they fell into the sleeves and robes below.
The same was true for Taishi Ci and others, who ate very happily.
When everyone saw Chen Yuan and the others eating happily, they all started to eat too.
Everyone was changing cups and cups, looking happy and happy. For a while, the atmosphere was very lively.
When everyone was dizzy and feeling comfortable, Chen Yuan asked abruptly: "Old man, do you know how to get out of the mountains?"
Chen Yuan originally thought that the old man would push back. Unexpectedly, the old man actually said happily: "Of course I know."
Chen Yuan was overjoyed: "May I ask my father-in-law how to get out of this Peach Blossom Spring Village?"
The old man said: "Guests only need to go to the big peach tree at the entrance of the village, turn left three times, turn right three times, and the way out will appear in front of them."
Chen Yuan was silent for a moment: "Since I know how to get out, why don't you guys get out?"
Hearing this, the old man smiled strangely: "Of course it's because it's a way out for strangers, so naturally we can't use it."
Chen Yuan sneered in his heart, "Young man, it seems that you think that I have eaten your food, and you are sure of me, so you stopped pretending, are you going to reveal your true colors?"
It's a pity that you are still a little stupid.
It's just that it's not the time to wrap up filming yet, this drama has to go on.
Therefore, Chen Yuan pretended to be frightened: "Old man, what does this mean?"
At this time, the old man no longer looked like the immortal he was before, and his expression turned ferocious.
"What do you mean? Hahaha, since we are not living people, then we are dead people."
After the old man said this, his true colors immediately appeared.
I saw a dark wind blowing by, and the scene suddenly changed.
At this time, the old man had turned into a gloomy old man with a dead look on his face, wearing a longevity robe, with white eyes. He had no substance, floating in the air, and he was a ghost.
The rest of the villagers are also like this, all of them are floating in the air with deathly gray faces.
The furniture decoration and even the house have turned into paper, the food has turned into black and spoiled food, and the fruits have also turned into rotten appearance.
Chen Yuan looked at the changed food and secretly felt lucky that I didn't eat it. Otherwise, even if there was no poison, these things alone would be enough to poison him.
Chen Yuan continues to act.
He sat down on the ground with a pop and said tremblingly: "You..., are you ghosts?"
The gloomy old man chuckled, and his laughter was full of ghostly energy.
"Yes, we are ghosts, a group of fierce ghosts who have been unable to escape for hundreds of years!"
"Then what do you want to do when you drag me in?"
The old man's voice was ferocious: "What do you want to do? Don't worry, we won't kill you, but you have to obey our orders, otherwise you will become like us."
"What do you want me to do?"
"We will let you out later, but you have to bring more people in for us, the more the better."
"What are you doing with so many people?"
"What are you doing? Hehe, he's not doing anything, he's just looking for some scapegoats."
"scapegoat?"
"Yes, as long as one person comes in, one of us can be liberated and reincarnated. As long as all of us can be reincarnated, your mission will be completed."
Chen Yuan now understood the conspiracy of these ghosts, which was to find scapegoats so that they could be freed.
Now that he had a way out and understood the purpose of these ghosts, Chen Yuan no longer had any scruples and stopped acting.
Shi Shiran stood up from the ground and looked at the gloomy old man calmly: "What if I don't agree?"
The old man said ferociously: "If you don't agree, you will die!"
Seeing this, Chen Yuan no longer had any desire to talk to this old ghost, and shouted: "Ziyi, Zilong, do it."
As he said that, the five elements of divine light turned into a five-colored divine sword and slashed at the old ghost.
Because the distance between the two was very close, even though Chen Yuan didn't have much skill, the sword still hit the old ghost, and there was only a stabbing sound, like sulfuric acid being poured on the flesh.
Then, there was a piercing scream.
After a burst of smoke, the sinister old man reappeared in front of Chen Yuan.
However, at this time, the old man was not only three feet away from Chen Yuan, but his figure was also much blurred. It seemed that the damage done to him by Chen Yuan's sword just now was not shallow.
This means that Chen Yuan kept his hand and wanted to keep him to ask for some information. Otherwise, with one strike of the sword, the old man would definitely turn into ashes.
At this time, the old man looked at Chen Yuan bitterly: "Are you actually a practitioner?"
Therefore, Chen Yuan did not answer this question, but said: "Don't worry about whether I am a practitioner or not. I have a few questions to ask you. You'd better answer them honestly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless when you lose your soul."
When the old man heard this, he smiled ferociously and said, "You are so arrogant. It's a pity that even though you are a practitioner, you have to be at my mercy today."
"Oh, I wonder where you get your confidence?"
The old man pointed to the black food and wine in the venue: "Do you know what these are?"
"What is it? Isn't it just some spoiled food and wine?"
"Haha, sizzling food and wine? No, no, no, this is the food eaten by the Yin people, and it also contains my special Yin Hun Powder. If you eat these things, if you don't have my antidote, you will definitely explode within three days.
You will die, and ghosts will come here and be trapped here with us, and will never be reincarnated. Therefore, if you want to survive or want to be reincarnated, then you must obey my orders and do things, otherwise you will be in this endless hell.
Suffer."
Chen Yuan looked at the old man's proud expression and asked calmly: "Is this what you rely on?"
The old man was a little confused.
No, this is not the right reaction.
Why is this man so calm now? Isn't he afraid of death? Isn't he afraid of never being reincarnated?
It shouldn't be, but why is he so calm?
Thinking of this, the old man began to seriously recall Chen Yuan's behavior at the dinner table. When he thought of Chen Yuan covering his mouth while eating, his heart moved.
You didn't eat these things?
Chen Yuan shook his sleeves, and some black food scattered on the ground.
Taishi Ci and others did the same thing. They all shook their sleeves and robes, and some black food fell to the ground.
Seeing these black things, the old man was completely shattered.
The originally blurry soul seemed to become even more blurry, as if it had been blown by the wind and rippled, showing the drastic changes in the old man's heart at this time.
"You didn't eat?"
Chen Yuan smiled disdainfully: "Of course I didn't eat it. I was afraid I would die if I ate something unknown!"
When Chen Yuan saw what the old man wanted to say, he interrupted directly: "Stop talking about nonsense, let me ask you, where is this place?"
The old man looked ugly and hesitated for a moment.