C330 (1/2)
Xianyang town is located in the east of the imperial city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
The town was as peaceful as ever, but today a strong man broke the peace and fainted in the street.
When the strong man woke up, he found himself lying on an old wooden bed.
An old woman is weaving not far away.
”Where is this?”
When the old woman saw the strong man wake up, she stopped her action and showed a kind smile.
”Where are you from, young man? How could you faint on the road? ”
Where do you come from?
The strong man was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, thought about it, and said with a simple smile: ”I came from a far, far place. It seems that I've been on the road recently and I've been hungry and dizzy.”
With that, there was a gurgling sound in his stomach.
The old woman couldn't help laughing. She stooped from her chair, pulled the rope from the beam, and a basket fell down.
The old woman took out two steamed buns and handed them to the strong man. However, it seemed that she bumped into something and was about to fall to the ground. The strong man appeared in front of the old woman and helped her up.
The old woman rubbed her waist and said, ”no, no, I'm old. It's not a good way to walk. We don't have much left. You can make do with the two steamed buns left. ”
Strong man smell speech, just want to shake his head, stomach is grunt ring up.
This time, the old woman gave the steamed bun to the strong man.
Then he turned back to weaving, ”you don't know, young man. Now bandits are rampant here. It's good to have something to eat. My life is not worth money. Maybe I'll leave at any time. You're not hungry.”
Strong man Leng for a while, do not know why the bottom of my heart suddenly feel a pain.
”Where is this, Granny?”
”Here?”
The old woman stopped for a moment, and a trace of memory flashed in her eyes.
”It's called Xianyang Town, a hundred miles east of the imperial city.”
”How long is it from Penglai?”
Penglai?
The old woman turned to look at the strong man and asked, ”young man, where are you going and what are you doing?”
The strong man put a mouthful of steamed bun into his mouth and said vaguely, ”Master said, I want to go to Penglai and get something.”
Hearing the strong man's words, the old woman waved her hand with a smile.
”No, it's all gone. Some people used to say that when they went to Penglai to look for opportunities, there were countless practitioners passing by Xianyang Town, but none of them came back. Later, a ragged and delirious man came back and said that Penglai was full of demons and ghosts. It was not a blessed place at all. As soon as he finished, the man died. ”
”So.”
The strong man seems to have nothing to do. After eating one of his hands, he begins to eat the second one.
”Yes, no one has been to Penglai since then. Now Xianyang town is no longer what it used to be. ”
”Ah? Why does mother-in-law say that? ”
The old woman stopped her movements, and a sad color flashed across her face.
”It used to be a prosperous place for trade and trade. Later, a group of bandits came. At first, they didn't care. After all, the government was there, but we didn't expect that the next day when we woke up, the front door of the government was soaked with blood. Dozens of people all over the Yamen were killed. ”
The action of the strong man also stopped.
”The bandit did it?”
The old woman nodded.
”Then why don't you get somebody to tell you?”