(I wish everyone a happy new year and peace and prosperity. Mmm~)

The shadows of the trees are whirling, reflecting the green face.

Just now, Yu Shiwu and Ma Yanshan each had a dream. Yu Shiwu dreamed that he turned into a lacquered garden butterfly and was caught in a cobweb, regretting that he should not break out of his cocoon.

Ma Yanshan dreamed that he and his beautiful lady were drunk and sleeping in a boat at night, and there was a solitary crane crossing the river, which was a sensation. When he woke up, he saw two Taoist priests wearing feathered clothes hand in hand.

Ma Yanshan only felt that he had met a real god.

He had also seen with his own eyes the immortal masters in his family who were practicing some secret techniques. However, to Ma Yanshan, they were still not considered real worldly masters in his mind. They were just stronger and knew some immortal techniques...

people.

The Taoist priest held the fly whisk in his hand and said, "Fellow Taoist Yu, you won't blame me for forcing you to stay here, right?"

Yu Shiwu smiled casually and said: "I broke the promise first, I can't blame Master Chen for punishing me later."

Chen Ping'an said: "If it were Shanze Yexiu, he probably wouldn't have the magnanimity that fellow Taoist Yu has now."

Yu Shiwu smiled and said nothing, pretending not to hear the sarcasm behind the other person's words.

Chen Ping'an looked at Ma Yanshan, "Ma Kuxuan chose to keep you alone from this grudge cave, and there is indeed a reason."

Looking through the ledger, it turns out that although Ma Yanshan is a prodigal, he is not a bad person. He usually does ridiculous things. To put it simply, his hands are not dirty and his heart is not evil.

Originally, this kind of aristocratic son was not considered a good person. At most, he would not do anything harmful to the world. However, he fell into the Ma family of Wusha Lane, where there were not many good birds. Ma Yanshan suddenly became an outlier. As expected, he was such a good person.

The wine table is all supported by others.

Recalling Yu Shiwu's previous title, Chen Shanzhu? Ma Yanshan finally came to his senses, "Are you Chen Ping'an?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "It's me."

When Ma Yanshan heard the answer he least wanted to hear, he felt as if he had finally received a reassurance. It was a blessing, not a curse, but a curse that could not be avoided. He asked, "Where is this place?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Beside the HD road, fame and fortune are numerous. On the celadon pillow, there is a dream of yellow beams. The truth and falsehood belong to you, and the false and true belong to me."

Ma Yanshan was confused.

Yu Shiwu gave a definite answer, "We are in the world of Chen Shanzhu's mind. We can tell lies or truth. It all depends on Chen Shanzhu's will."

Ma Yanshan asked: "Master Chen, is he seeking revenge against our Ma family? I will be the first to be punished?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "You are not worthy of that weight. What I am looking for is Yu Shiwu who has breached the contract, and Ma Yanshan is just a supplement."

Yu Shiwu asked: "He came to the door to kill the enemy and took his head, but Master Chen still felt that it was not enough to avenge him?"

Chen Ping'an said: "Yu Shiwu, you are a good person. You regard Ma Kuxuan as a close friend. You have advised what you should persuade and helped what you should help. You even risked your life. When you treat Ma Kuxuan as a friend, you should do this."

For my sake, it’s really not easy. Zhenwu Mountain is also an immortal mansion with a good reputation. If you are willing to stop here, I can let the past go and even let you take Ma Yanshan away from here. As for whether Ma Yanshan can enter Zhenwu Mountain to practice Taoism in the future, in the future

"Whether you want to seek revenge against me or not, I can open the sky and have a clear talk with you right now, it doesn't matter, it's up to you."

Yu Shiwu smiled and said: "When it comes to making friends, I am far inferior to Chen Shanzhu in making friends. I have seen people who hide their rules and can be trusted by their families and friends."

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "You still haven't given up?"

Yu Shiwu clenched his fists with both hands and propped them on his knees, "The matter has come to this. How dare we continue to argue about it? It's neither interesting nor pointless."

Yu Shiwu let out a sigh of relief and said, "As a bystander, I casually reminded Mr. Chen that if you didn't kill Gu Can in the first place, it would cost you a lot in the future."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "If you have the ability, just tell Gu Can. He is currently at the palace in the capital of Yuxuan Kingdom. Drop by."

Yu Shiwu shook his head and said, "I don't dare."

He would rather provoke Chen Ping'an than become enemies with Gu Can.

Yu Shiwu asked in his heart: "Can you not kill Ma Kuxuan?"

Chen Ping'an said: "You and I know very well that whether it is life or death depends on how Ma Kuxuan decides."

Yu Shiwu looked at the mist that was gradually dispersing in front of him and asked, "Can I see the fate of everyone in the Ma family?"

Chen Pingan directly refused: "No."

My being polite to you is not the reason for you to be rude to me.

Yu Shiwu still refused to give up, "As I said before, I have some gold and copper coins, so I use them as money to watch the show. I will take out one gold and copper coin for each person I watch."

Chen Ping'an said: "Yu Daoyou is very serious. Do you know how many grandsons there are in the houses of the Ma family? This is what you call 'how many gold and copper coins are there'?"

Yu Shiwu smiled and said: "After all, he is a Taoist in the Jade Pu Realm. He has little opportunity to spend money, so he has a small amount of money."

"What does it mean to you to read these other people's stories?"

"Master Chen and I are two completely different people. You have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers at a young age, but I have lived in the mountains all year round and practiced Taoism. I only go down the mountain very rarely. I want to take the opportunity to see more about life.

, Money is something external to the body, it cannot be taken with you in life or death. Mr. Chen does not need to think too much about whether there is any evil intention in it. If you don't believe it, I can swear a poisonous oath."

When Ma Yanshan heard this, generally speaking, as it was written in the book, skipping the oath link would be considered a sign of sympathy. He never thought that Master Chen Shan said directly, "Then you swear an oath."

Yu Shiwu actually made a heart-to-heart oath to the Zhenwu Mountain Ancestral Master Hall.

After that, Yu Shiwu took out a gold and copper coin from his sleeve and gently placed it on the floor between the two of them.

Chen Ping'an raised his chin toward Ma Yanshan and said with a smile: "Since Fellow Daoist Yu is rich and powerful, how can you enjoy being alone as much as having everyone enjoy themselves?"

Yu Shiwu burst into laughter, and actually took out another gold and copper coin and placed it on top of the first one.

The courtyard was filled with water mist, and instead of locust trees, the scene of a Wusha Lane emerged. There were vendors walking by carrying burdens and setting up small charcoal stoves, doing the job of sugar blowers, and there were also noodle blowers, setting out

There was a puppet show or a shadow puppet show, and there was even an alms monk carrying a statue of Wei Tuo on his back. He walked through this Wusha Lane with a withered face and clear eyes. Up to this point, in Ma Yanshan's opinion, it was a very normal scene.

The picture of the market is just that time passes quickly in the picture, just like a picture pieced together... a pile of brocade ash. Then the scene changes, next to Wusha Alley, in the middle of heavy snow and winter, the wind blows the big banners of the roadside wine shop.

Rolling back and forth, there was an antique grasshopper cage hanging in the shop. The proprietress of the wine shop was a pretty young widow. Ma Yanshan immediately recognized her identity. She was the mother of Ma Lu, and Ma Lu was also the mother.

The Ma family was one of the most promising young men in the martial arts school. He spent more than ten years soaking in medicine buckets and toiling his body and bones all year round. He also submitted himself to a certain Yuxuan Kingdom military general and became a martial artist. But this woman is now

She is younger and has changed her identity. She is no longer the shrewd old woman who is bossy and likes to secretly lend money. Now this woman's face is a little sallow and has lost its luster. She seems to have never been younger, her skin has never been whiter, and her complexion has never been whiter.

She became famous due to shame, and her romance disappeared without a trace. I don’t know how many men still remember her face when she was young. It was freezing cold, but there were many drinkers in the house. Ma Yanshan gradually recognized them.

They were all low-status servants of Ma Mansion, maybe sedan bearers or carriage drivers, but in the wine shop "today", they either took advantage of the woman's hands or talked dirty words, and one of them came to collect debts.

When a man lets a woman sit and drink with her, he always likes to grin when he talks. Maybe he thinks his words are funny, maybe because he has a gold tooth. He uses his eyes to hint to the woman to no avail, so he just whispers.

, told the woman that as long as she took him to the kitchen at the back, she would be exempted from this month’s interest. The woman refused to obey, and she gave the man a slap in the face as he had not tasted the fishy taste in his mouth so far.

She, the woman's child who was still in elementary school, wanted to seek justice for her mother, and the man gave her a resounding justice. He cursed and said harsh words, and if she didn't pay back the money, he would send her to a brothel.

Working as a prostitute, the woman with red and swollen cheeks did not dare to say anything, let alone report to the official. Her eyes were dull, and she sat on the ground and hugged the poor child with blood oozing from the corner of her mouth. This woman who had a rough life had not wanted to do it for a long time.

Right and wrong and the good and bad fate of tomorrow.

The middle-aged Taoist priest carrying a copper coin sword asked with a smile: "Should you continue reading, or should you change the scroll and take a look?"

Yu Shiwu nodded and said, "Let's change the painting."

The Taoist priest said: "Then settle the account first."

Yu Shiwu turned around and asked: "Yanshan, how many people in the scroll are from your Ma family?"

Ma Yanshan reported a number, six.

Yu Shiwu was very happy and took out twelve gold and copper coins in one go.

"Actually, eight."

The Taoist priest smiled and corrected him: "It's not good if the family is too big. You can't even recognize your own family members. It doesn't matter, just treat the four copper coins as a gift."

A piece of reeds growing in the wild water is lush and lovely. Unknown birds often fly quickly as people pass by, green in color and as fast as flying arrows. A man from the Yamen is walking on the muddy road with a group of migrant prisoners.

The latter were all wearing heavy shackles and were strung up by a rope like grasshoppers, staggering along the road. There was a colorful boat on the water, three stories high, and they were having a banquet. The green sleeves were attentive to the wine, and the golden cups were scattered around to drink together.

, jade-handed pipa, orioles and swallows, the rich aroma of wine mixed with powder, I don’t know who was the first to see the scene on the shore. A noble son immediately ordered people to bring broken silver, let the building boat approach the shore, and let the women hit the prisoners.

As long as it hits one person, you can get a gold ingot.

Yu Shiwu asked: "Ma Yanshan?"

Ma Yanshan was stunned, and after hearing this, he came back to his senses and said with a complex expression: "There are only two of them, one on the boat and one on the shore. In Ma Mansion, they are father and son."

Yu Shiwu then took out four gold and copper coins and said to the "middle-aged Taoist priest with a sword on his back and a whisk in his hand": "You can exchange them."

Later, a queen who was born into a noble family but was jealous by nature, in the backyard of the emperor's home where the concubine's fairy skin was better than snow and the palace bun was piled with crows, just because the emperor secretly touched the hand of a palace maid, the next day His Majesty the Emperor

Then she received a box, which contained the pale hands of a palace maid. She also asked a strong palace man to tie a noble concubine to her, gouge out her eyes, cut off her breasts... and tortured her to death, especially

It was the last scene. The evil queen asked a group of healthy women to bring wooden spines... Ma Yanshan's face turned even paler than the hands of the palace maid, and he almost vomited on the spot.

Yu Shiwu couldn't help but ask: "Is it such a tragic situation all the time?"

The Taoist priest said: "There are also some dull ones. I was just worried that Taoist Yu Yu would feel that I had spent a lot of money, so I deliberately picked out these scrolls. The next thing that will happen is that the queen will be punished by heaven and be relegated to a giant python.

He occupied the mountain to cause trouble, and was forced out of the cave by a group of snake catchers, both male and female, using smoke. He was then hacked to death with knives, and his gallbladder was cut out and soaked in medicinal wine. In the next life, he was still reincarnated as a woman, died suddenly, and was

A group of gangsters robbed tombs and opened a museum, separated the bones, and sold them to fishermen on the seaside. Some of the bones were used on boats, and according to custom, they were used to calm the tide at sea. It was retaliation, and the retribution was unsatisfactory. As for why the noble concubine suffered this disaster

, has its own causes and consequences, but you have missed it. If you want to see it, you can rewind the scroll. As for the identity of the emperor, empress, and this noble concubine, you can ask Ma Yanshan, and she will definitely recognize it this time. Should you continue reading, or change

A change?"

Yu Shiwu remained silent and just continued to pay. Ma Yanshan was shaken, already sweating profusely, and said in a trembling voice: "Change a painting, quickly change it."
To be continued...