Twilight Boundary

Invisible changes appear in every corner of Mingzhou, like five big sores, which breed evil and create evil, bad luck for people.

In Mingzhou Mansion, there are many people in the family, and naturally some of them know how to watch Qi and perform hexagrams. They are vaguely aware of this change, but they are all a little worried.

Although this Mingzhou is not a treasure place, it has always been peaceful and free of troubles. Now, in just three to five days, so many evil places suddenly appeared, casting a shadow over the entire Mingzhou. .

Logically speaking, since this matter involves everyone in Mingzhou, they should go and take a look.

But the people in these sects are not stupid. Although they are worried, they don't understand: "This evil spirit is coming so fast and strong, something big must happen, and it is not an ordinary evil spirit causing trouble."

"But if that's the case, why is there no movement in Plum Blossom Alley? No one from the government office is asking about it?"

"..."

The top is not anxious but the bottom is impatient, which always makes people feel that something is not right. Some people even kindly sent a letter to the other side to remind them, but there was still no response from these two places, and the evil spirit became stronger.

Smart people immediately understood it. Even though they felt that those places had an increasing impact on the surroundings, they did not dare to go and find out. Those with lower moral standards and less knowledge did not know. What happened, I just felt more and more uneasy.

Hu Ma's bluestone village is impartial and right in the middle of the five evil directions.

Now that Hu Ma had gone out, Zhou Da and others in Zhuangzi didn't know what happened, but they always felt panicked in their hearts, as if something bad had happened.

Even the animals in the village seemed to have been affected by something. They refused to eat grass honestly, snorted and kicked for a while.

Only the horse that Brother Mazi brought back from Anzhou was different. It should eat and drink, but occasionally looked up into the air, its big eyes seemed to be full of expectation.

But there is also a vague uneasiness in various places, and when there is no movement, there is now a team of people from Caoxintang, surrounded by a sedan, heading towards Laoyin Mountain.

The person leading the way was none other than the Five Ghosts shopkeeper of Cao Xin Tang. This time he went into the mountain to find a hundred-year-old pillow to use as a medicine introduction.

The so-called centenarian pillow is the soil under the bedside of a centenarian. Pinch a small amount and mix it into the decoction. It has the effect of prolonging life. However, there are not many centenarians, only in Yuqian Village near Laoyin Mountain. There is one.

Not only did he live to be a hundred years old, but he also lived to be a hundred and seven years old.

After reaching the age of 100, for every additional year the old man lives, the medicine becomes more magical and has better medicinal properties.

Now the old man is one hundred and seven years old. In a few months, he will live to be one hundred and eight years old. That will be great. It is the tea birthday and the perfect age.

This old man lived to be one hundred and eight years old, so the medicine became a miracle medicine, and one handful was worth a thousand pieces of gold.

The people in Caoxintang knew how important this old man was, and they would go to the mountain to visit him every year. They knew that the old man had a strong body and would be fine if he lived to be 108 years old.

In the eyes of knowledgeable people, such a blessed person is more valuable than Mr. Tai Sui. How can he not care?

But when the people from Caoxintang entered the mountain and asked the porters to choose the etiquette and entered the village, they didn't expect that in front of the old man's yard, there was a circle of people, huddled together, pointing. From a distance, I heard a woman's voice crying inside:

"Grandpa, please let your children and grandchildren go..."

"I know that you don't want to die, but you can't steal the life of your children and grandchildren. Your son, my father-in-law, only lived in his seventies and died. Your grandson was just over sixty years old and was licked by a blind bear. …”

"These two poor people have not even lived to be eighty..."

"Now that all your sons and grandsons are dead, you can no longer think about your grandsons. Leave your children with such a life..."

"..."

Looking towards the yard, I saw the old man sitting in the yard, holding a cane in his hand, silent. In front of him, there was a woman kneeling in mourning clothes, holding a woman in her arms. Holding a child of twelve or thirteen years old.

The old man is always smiling and energetic. Even though he is over a hundred years old, he still loves to joke with people and tell stories to children.

But now, he was sitting helplessly on the chair. He raised his eyes and glanced at his great-grandson's wife. He wanted to say something, but he was unable to speak. He raised his head hard and looked outside the yard. He also saw the villagers gathered, all pointing. There was a lot of pointing and discussion:

"Borrowing my life..."

"When this man gets old, he becomes a spirit and borrows his life from his children and grandchildren. His children and grandchildren die early, but he dies later."

"There have been people in our village who lived a long time before. From time to time, young people fell down from the mountains, got plague, and couldn't feed themselves..."

"It's all because these old monsters lent me my life..."

"Then this Yao family member must be the one who has borrowed the most life. He is the oldest, and all the children and grandchildren in the family died early. It seems that he has borrowed all the life expectancy, and now he wants to borrow it from his grandson..."

"..."

After all, the old man was speechless. He just used his crutches hard, slowly propped up his body, turned around and walked into the house. It was noon now, and there was a bright snow outside, but the small main room, But it seemed to be dark and I couldn't see clearly inside.

Seeing such a scene, everyone in Caoxintang who had just rushed over was also shocked and hurriedly asked the surrounding villagers.

Only then did I learn that this old man’s last son died thirty years ago, and his two grandsons died ten years ago.

Just the day before yesterday, his last remaining grandson, the husband of the crying mother-in-law, suddenly fell ill and died, including her child.

People in the village said that the old man was borrowing life from his children and grandchildren. After borrowing all the children and grandchildren, it was the great-grandson's turn, so she was also afraid.

Now that the funeral has not been completed, I have come to cry and beg the old man.

"How can such a thing be possible..."

The five ghost shopkeepers frowned and were quite anxious when they heard this. How could they not understand the nonsense of such a thing?

It can only be said that there have been cases of old people stealing their lives in the past, but most of them happened in Gaotang Courtyard and in aristocratic families with countless children and grandchildren. How could this old man, a peasant, have such ability?

Furthermore, not to mention the evil method of extending life span, this old man has never even touched a mouthful of blood food, let alone any method to extend his life. Otherwise, his life span will be impure. How could Cao Xintang use him? Use the mud under the bed as a concoction to prepare life-extending medicine?

But even though he was anxious, he couldn't say anything.

The door has its own rules. They can get the medicine, but they cannot interfere with the old man's fate. Whether they are thinking of ways to extend the old man's life or using the skills in the door to treat him, the medicine will be impure.

He was anxiously looking at his young lady, but suddenly he heard a cry of surprise from the hall.

Everyone was shocked, but it was the great-grandson's daughter-in-law who entered the main room when the old man said nothing. She wanted to follow him in and give him a few more words of advice, but when she saw him, she was so frightened that she went out of her mind.

The people in Caotangxin couldn't care less, and hurriedly pushed through everyone, and when they got to the main room, their hearts froze at the first glance.

The old man threw his crutches aside and was lying in front of the bed, already lifeless.

The old man who was only three months away from living to be one hundred and eight years old died so silently.

The old fairy who could use the dirt under the bed to make medicine did not die in the bed in the end.

"It's just nonsense."

When Leng Buding saw that the old man was dead, Shopkeeper Five Ghosts could not describe the anger in his heart, and was extremely heartbroken.

Seeing that the old man who would have lived a full life in a few months died, it meant that most of Cao Xintang's attention and expectations for so many years were wasted, and he was heartbroken that such an old man with perfect blessings was finally angry to death. Understand.

He couldn't help but turned to his great-grandson's daughter-in-law, who was standing aside in shock, holding her child in her arms with a surprised look on her face, and shouted: "Where did you hear those lies about extending your life? They are purely harboring evil intentions and are causing harm to your family."

"This great-grandfather of yours has the blessing of longevity due to his good deeds in his previous life and his kindness to others in this life. He is only a few days away from being able to live past the age of 108."

"At this age, he is an old god. Enemies will kowtow when they meet, and the gods in the hall will secretly bless him!"

"As long as he is here, your family will be able to withstand the shadow of others for five generations. Your children and grandchildren will be blessed, free from illness and disaster, and evil spirits will not dare to disturb you. It is better than any protection."

"Others can't even invite such an old god, but you actually scolded him to death."

"..."

The woman didn't expect to see Shopkeeper Five Ghosts. She had also seen Shopkeeper Five Ghosts come into the mountain before, and she knew he was a nobleman from the city. The people in the village were already in awe of the people in the city, but now they were angry and angry when they saw him. , also vaguely felt as if he had done something wrong, and hurriedly cried:

"It's none of my business, it's none of my business, and I don't know. If everyone else says that, how can it be false?"

"..."

The shopkeeper of Five Ghosts almost laughed angrily and said, "Who, who said that?"

The mother-in-law was frightened by his angry look and muttered: "Later, Lang Zhong, who brought people to fill the pond, said it. How can it be false?"

"ah?"

Shopkeeper Five Ghosts was startled and immediately walked towards the place she said. He walked at first, then couldn't help but start running. Soon he came to the north of the village, where he met Lao Yinshan, and his heart suddenly dropped. Half of it.

There is a wild pond here. Although it is not running water, there have always been fish and turtles. Now, looking at it, large rocks have been pushed into the pond, and people are filling it with soil!

"Ah this..."

The shopkeeper of Five Ghosts hurriedly took out a small bunch of herbs and lit them, smoked his eyes, and then looked forward, his face suddenly turned ashen.

He saw that in the pond that had been filled with stones, an old turtle the size of a millstone appeared vaguely, and next to him were old people wearing shrouds one after another, standing dully by the pond, heading in the direction of the village. , slowly, kowtowing one by one.

The billowing yin energy swayed over the village, blowing up gusts of yin wind.