Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 156 Nanyang Liu Ziji

After seeing off the Taoists, only the four people of Gou Chen Si and the four people of Ren Yuan and Chen Baxian were left in the huge Peach Blossom Spring.

It suddenly seemed deserted and empty.

"Brother, are you really going to such lengths?" Chen Baxian could not help but say to Ren Yuan, "How much are so many external pills worth? It's a huge loss."

"But I think it's an equal exchange, and I even made a profit." Ren Yuan smiled indifferently. He is just that kind of person, and there is nothing he can do about it.

"No, why don't you leave?" He turned his attention to Chen Baxian and immediately became anxious: "Didn't I tell you to sneak away with the Taoists?"

Then he emphasized, "No, you shouldn't have come!"

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who abandons his brothers?" Chen Baxian asked confidently, "We are accomplices, do you understand?"

"My case and your case are not the same case." Ren Yuan whispered.

"So what?" Chen Baxian said with a smile, "When people are too clear about the differences, they are actually looking for reasons not to be human."

As he said this, he patted Ren Yuan's shoulder heavily and said, "Anyway, we are good brothers. We will be together for life, sharing wealth and life and death! If you want to get rid of me, there is no way!"

"Oh, really..." Ren Yuan sighed helplessly, then smiled and said, "Okay, brother."

The two men came to the four people from Gou Chen Si with their arms around each other's shoulders, and Chen Baxian asked:

"Does this count as surrendering ourselves?"

"..." The Fifth Dimension was stunned by the question and said, "Can this be considered surrender?"

"Do you still have any shame? We have been chasing you for two months, three thousand miles, and even for a whole year. Can this be considered as surrendering?!" Zuan, as the chief of the building, immediately started to speak crazily. "If this is considered surrendering, then I am the modern Pan An!"

"Okay, if it doesn't count, then it doesn't count. Do you have to scold even myself?" Chen Baxian said helplessly.

"Don't pay attention to him, that's just his problem." Nangong comforted the two of them, "He scolds everyone he sees, he's just too lucky to be alive now."

"No, Master Nan Chuang, you are being too hurtful." Zu An said depressedly, "I am just telling the truth, how come you are scolding everyone you meet?"

"Basically, telling the truth is just cursing." After Fifth Dimension defined the argument, he slowly asked Ren Yuan, "By the way, let me ask you something."

"Master, please ask." Ren Yuan nodded. He no longer had anything to hide from the people present.

One-way transparency belongs to...

"What did I want to ask you?" The Fifth Dimension scratched his head and looked at Nangong for help.

"You should ask him where the original inhabitants of Taohuayuan went?" Nangong reminded.

"Yes, yes, look at my memory." Diwuwei patted his head and asked, "That's right, why do we only see people from your Taoist sect in the Peach Blossom Spring? Where are those villagers whose ancestors fled to this desperate place with their wives and fellow villagers to escape the chaos during the Qin Dynasty?"

"..." Ren Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "I only arrived two days earlier than you, and I was busy fighting the enemy. How could I have the time to inquire about this matter?"

After a pause, he recalled: "It seems that one of my nephews said that when they came here, this place was in a state of desolation."

"Master, can you see if you can reproduce it?" Zuan suggested.

The Fifth Dimension said regretfully: "It's too long ago, I can't see it."

Chen Baxian couldn't help but say, "They're gone anyway, so why worry about where they went? Isn't it just a waste of time to worry about it?"

"You don't understand." Nangong frowned and said to this unreasonable guy: "This is a question of the reward offered by our company's Hun Tiantai. It can be exchanged for Jiuxun's merit." "Good guy." Ren Yuan couldn't help but sigh. This Gou Chensi is too trendy. It even has a bounty mission.

"Then let me try!" Zuan volunteered, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouting in a loud voice: "Ghosts who hear me, all respond 'yes'!"

Su Xiaoxiao, holding a red umbrella, suddenly appeared, looked at Zu An helplessly and said, "Here."

"exist!"

"Yes!" Then, responses came from all directions.

"Wow, there are so many ghosts." Chen Baxian smacked his lips.

"That's normal." Ren Yuan explained, "The peach blossom formation outside the valley separates the yin and yang worlds, trapping the dead souls in the valley, preventing them from escaping. So it's not wrong to ask these ghosts."

"Can we call them all over?" Zuan asked Ren Yuan.

"Okay." Ren Yuan nodded, and threw out a talisman. The golden Six Dings and Six Jias appeared and arrested all the nearby ghosts in front of everyone.

As the saying goes, "People are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people." Moreover, these ghosts have witnessed the scenes of these people showing off their power. They were so scared that they were trembling and their souls were about to fly away.

"Don't be afraid." Zuan said with a smile: "We are just asking some questions, we won't hurt you."

"Excuse me, sir." A ghost who looked like a middle-aged man with a tall hat, a wide belt, and wide sleeves bowed.

"Looking at the way you're dressed, you didn't look like someone from here when you were alive." Zuan looked at him and asked, "What's your name? Where are you from? When did you die?"

"My Lord," the ghost replied, "I am Liu Ya from Nanyang, with the courtesy name Ziji. I died in the Taiyuan period of the Jin Dynasty."

"Oh?" Now everyone was interested. Chen Baxian asked, "Are you Liu Ziji in Peach Blossom Spring?"

"You're right." Zuan sneered, "Tao Yuanming wrote clearly, 'Nanyang Liu Ziji, a noble man, heard about it and planned to go there, but failed and died of illness.' So the article was written after his death. How could he know about Peach Blossom Spring?"

"Of course I know." The deceased who called himself Liu Ziji smiled bitterly and said, "My distant relative, Mr. Wu Liu, once burned this article for me, otherwise I would not have ended up here."

"Mr. Wu Liu is truly a man whose writing can shock the wind and rain, and whose poems can make ghosts and gods weep." Ren Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

"That's good too. If you didn't find the Peach Blossom Spring when you were alive, your soul will return to the Peach Blossom Spring after you die." The Fifth Dimension smiled gently, "It can be considered as fulfilling my long-cherished wish before I died."

"In fact, I found the Peach Blossom Spring when I was alive." But Liu Ziji said faintly: "Otherwise, how could I find this place after I died?"

"Oh?" Everyone was surprised and asked, "Then Tao Yuanming remembered it wrong?"

"No, I didn't tell him the truth." Liu Ziji sighed and said, "In fact, I'm not the only one who found the Peach Blossom Spring. Before me, the people sent by the governor of Wuling also found this place by following the marks left by the fisherman."

"Why would a noble man like you lie to Tao Yuanming?" everyone asked in confusion.

"Alas..." Liu Ziji sighed, "Because the story of Peach Blossom Spring is not as beautiful as it was said to be at that time."

"Yes." The other ghosts also showed expressions of grief and anger, and nodded in agreement.

"I'd like to hear the details." Everyone hurriedly asked Liu Ziji to tell them the truth that had been buried in the dust.

ps. I haven't finished checking the next two chapters yet, wait...

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