Qingyunxian

Chapter 221 Yishulan

Late at night, Liu Xun was arranged to rest in a house. The village chief wanted to arrange a few people to warm the bed, but Liu Xun refused.

After turning off the candles, Liu Xun sat on the couch, his eyes slightly lit in the darkness.

Today, this warm and hospitable scene is seen again in Taoyuan Village, and almost nothing has changed.

The hospitality of the people of Taoyuan may not only be based on men. If a woman came, she would probably be treated similarly to Liu Xun.

Ultimately, what the people of Taoyuan are pursuing is new blood so that their offspring will no longer be disabled due to inbreeding.

Liu Xun's eyes were burning. He knew that he could still make excuses today, or shirk it within two or three days, and the Taoyuan Village Chief could still reluctantly accept it. But if this continued, he was afraid that the Taoyuan Village Chief would get angry.

He might directly tie Liu Xun to the boudoir of a Taoyuan woman and force him to sow seeds indiscriminately, just like the fisherman who mistakenly entered Taoyuan, and would not stop until he was emptied of his money.

But none of the people in Taoyuan had ever practiced martial arts, so they were no match for Liu Xun.

Liu Xun just didn't want to cause any trouble, otherwise if he pushed forward, no one in Taoyuan would be able to stop him.

Because Taoyuan did not have a strong military force, it was destroyed in the previous life by the hands of the demons who mistakenly entered this place.

If Liu Xun wants to get the red rope Yunbao, he must first find its owner and get it before Yunbao is used. Otherwise, if it is used on a man and a woman, it can no longer be added to [Matchmaker's Words].

"Blind old woman, Yi Shulan." Liu Xun fell asleep with his clothes on, and in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, he did not stop practicing the intake and output of soul energy in his soul court.

That night, there was no dramatic incident of a woman sneaking into the room.

The village chief has specifically instructed that the guests should not be disturbed and should be kept in good spirits.

Early the next morning, Liu Xun got up and went out of the house, and found that some people in the village had already started to work on the farm.

Spring ploughing is very important. Even though the climate in Taoyuan is extremely favorable for crop growth, the people of Taoyuan do not slack off.

If it were ordinary wild or cultivated fields, it would have long been neglected for cultivation.

In such an environment, it is easy for the barbarians to become decadent.

From this we can see that the ancestors of the Taoyuan people should not be savages, but normal humans.

Liu Xun had no intention of finding out whether the ancestors of Taoyuan came here to avoid disaster. He just wanted to get the red rope.

In order to avoid being disturbed again by the village chief Zhang Zhonggui, Liu Xun did not eat and went directly to the village temple.

Taoyuan Village has more than a hundred households. When Liu Xun met Yi Shulan in his previous life, she was already a blind old woman, living alone, and no one knew who her previous family members were.

Now that he has arrived in Taoyuan so long in advance, Liu Xun should be looking for the young and not blind Yi Shulan.

Liu Xun could have asked the village chief directly, but that would have seemed too deliberate, so he decided to look for it himself.

Since Yi Shulan will be the temple keeper in the future, let's first get some information from him.

The temple priests in Taoyuan are generally in a master-disciple relationship. It is highly likely that Yi Shulan is currently a disciple of the current temple priest and will inherit this identity later.

Liu Xun first went to the location of the temple in his memory and found that the door was closed and there was no one inside.

It is estimated that there is nothing important happening, so the temple is not open for worship.

Liu Xun immediately went to the red house that Hong Da mentioned, which should be the home of the temple keeper.

After knocking on the gate, an old lady who was much older than the villagers came out.

"It's a guest." The gray-haired lady still has the charm of her youth, but she has aged and looks more old and vicissitudes of life.

She looked at Liu Xun with a smile, muttering, "He's handsome and strong, not bad, not bad."

"Mother-in-law, if I were twenty years younger, I would probably be attracted to you." "Why, the customer ignored those young girls and wives and fell in love with an old woman like me?"

The old lady who was the keeper of the temple was called Tao Gu. She started joking with Liu Xun right away.

Liu Xun didn't care, instead he said calmly: "I think Taogu was also a beauty in the past. If I was born earlier, I would definitely give it a try."

Tao Gu didn't expect Liu Xun's dirty talk to be even more straightforward than hers. She couldn't help but pause and patted the cane in her hand: "Stinky boy!"

Liu Xun looked at the mottled and peeling red bricks and stones, then turned to look at Aunt Tao: "Just now it was just a joke, I am more interested in Taoyuan's past, I wonder if Aunt Tao can tell me about it?"

Tao Gu suddenly realized that the master was interested in Taoyuan’s past, no wonder he came to find her, the temple keeper.

The temple keeper presides over sacrificial affairs, so he has a relatively good understanding of the history of Taoyuan Village. Combined with the teachings of the previous generation of temple keeper, he can help Liu Xun solve his doubts.

Liu Xun didn't really want to know about Taoyuan's past, but wanted to use this opportunity to find out the people around Taogu.

When Tao Gu was lamenting that her whole life was entrusted to the temple, Liu Xun asked, "Has Tao Gu started to train apprentices?"

"I'm old now, and I don't know when I will be buried. I hope my disciple is smart and can inherit my legacy." Tao Gu smiled, revealing her bare gums.

Tao Gu stared at Liu Xun's face for a few more times: "Come to think of it, my disciple is about the same age as you. It's really good to be young."

Liu Xun was about to open her mouth and bring the topic to her apprentice, but Tao Gu said first: "But you can't have any ideas about my apprentice!"

"A temple keeper can only be with one person throughout his life. Even if he is widowed, he cannot remarry. Otherwise, it will be regarded as blasphemy to the Peach God."

When Tao Gu said the word Peach God, Liu Xun became confused.

I originally thought that Taoyuan was offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, but I didn't expect that it was actually offering sacrifices to the peach god.

Is this Peach God the same as the ghost with a human face and a pig body that I saw in my previous life?

Of course, it could also be some abstract thing, this is just Liu Xun's guess.

Liu Xun focused his attention on Tao Gu's apprentice: "Why did the mother-in-law say that?"

"My disciple has been promised to someone else!" Tao Gu seemed to be dissatisfied with the man who pleased her disciple, and she shook her head.

Tao Gu seemed to be talking to herself: "Forget it, that girl made her own choice, and she should go through some hardships in the future!"

Liu Xun spoke at the right time: "I don't know who Grandma's apprentice is and what his name is, so I can avoid him and avoid any unnecessary trouble."

Seeing Liu Xun being so sensible, Tao Gu could not help but nod in approval: "My disciple's name is Yi Shulan, and he looks like..."

"Just as I was talking about it, she's here!" Tao Gu pointed behind Liu Xun and a smile appeared on her old face.

Liu Xun turned around and what came into his sight was a girl who was as cheerful as a bird and as charming as a fox.

The girl was dressed in red with bells tied around her wrists, ankles and shoulders. She made a very pleasant sound when she walked. With her appearance and figure, any young boy would be attracted to her.

A rope around her head held her hair back from her forehead, and she pinned two freshly picked wild flowers near her ears.

Yi Shulan walked over like a little rabbit. She first looked at Liu Xun in confusion, recognizing that this man was the guest welcomed by the village yesterday. Then she tilted her head and thought for a while, but seemed unable to think of anything, so she walked towards Tao Gu.

The girl grabbed Tao Gu's hand and said coquettishly, "Did Grandma miss me today?"

"How disrespectful! Call me Master!" Tao Gu stretched out her hand and scratched the girl's nose, appearing to be quite doting.

Liu Xun couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw Yi Shulan's naive look.

I didn’t expect that the kind and gentle blind grandmother in my previous life had such an innocent character when she was young.

(End of this chapter)