Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

"You are not allowed to leave!" The old man roared with a vicious look on his face, gritting his teeth.

The old man's sudden change of expression made Li Zhi confused and he had no idea what was going on.

Frightened by the old man's ferocious look, Li Zhi involuntarily took a step back.

Seeing this, the old man thought that Li Zhi wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, so he grabbed Li Zhi's clothes, as if he was afraid that he would escape.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?" Li Zhi looked at the old man in confusion.

"I picked you up and fed you meat, and you want to leave like this?" the old man said with a fierce look on his face.

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "I just want to go for a walk in the village. I remember your kindness to me and I will definitely not just pat my butt and leave like this."

"That won't work! What should I do if it's snatched away by other people in the village?" said the old man with his neck stiff.

Robbed? Could it be that there are still robbers in this village who kidnap people?

Li Zhi felt strange, but he still said to the old man in a nice voice: "If you are worried about me getting into trouble, why don't you take me to Mr. He's house?"

"You want to go to Master He's house?" When the old man heard that Li Zhi actually wanted to go to Master He's house, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then his eyes flashed with a strange look.

"Yes, I want to ask him some questions." Li Zhi answered truthfully.

"Master He is not someone you can see just because you want to. Let me take you to find him." The old man lowered his head, and the strange look in his eyes disappeared.

Although Li Zhi was a little surprised by the old man's behavior just now, he had achieved his goal at this time, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just whispered thank you.

The old man didn't waste any time, dragged the bench back into the house, and took Li Zhi towards the residence of Master He.

Along the way, there were many villagers who were familiar with the old man. After seeing him, they all greeted him, but the old man didn't seem to be in the mood to talk to them. He just responded perfunctorily and then hurried away with Li Zhi.

I don’t know if it was Li Zhi’s illusion, but he always felt that there was something wrong with the way the villagers looked at him, as if they were not looking at a person, but a cat, dog or a commodity. And the way they looked at the old man seemed to be with envy and jealousy.

Moreover, along the way, Li Zhi discovered a very strange situation, that is, there seemed to be no young men in this village, and all he saw were women and old people.

Li Zhi became more and more curious, but after what happened just now, Li Zhi didn't dare to ask the old man.

He just hoped that Mr. He, whom he had never met before, could help him solve his doubts.

The old man looked bald and toothless, but he walked quite fast. It was because Li Zhi was weak that he could hardly keep up with him.

The two of them walked in silence all the way until they arrived at the gate of Master He's mansion.

Looking at the plaque with the words "He Mansion" written in a flamboyant style hanging above, there are two stone lions placed on each side of the entrance. The lions are sitting upright with their teeth bared and their feet on stone balls, looking quite imposing.

The old man asked Li Zhi to wait for him outside the door first, and he went forward and knocked on the door.

With a creak, the door opened and an old servant stuck his head out to look in.

Seeing this, the old man hurried forward.

The old servant obviously knew the old man and was saying something to him.

The old man also responded.

But Li Zhi was some distance away from them, and they were obviously speaking in low voices on purpose, so Li Zhi didn't know what they were talking about.

The old man pointed at Li Zhi, and the old servant looked at Li Zhi with an indescribable expression on his face.

After a while, the two of them seemed to have communicated and discussed it. The old man walked towards Li Zhi and said, "Let's go. I'll take you in to see Master He."

The old servant had already gone in, apparently to inform the people in the mansion.

Although Li Zhi always felt something was strange in his heart, at this point, he could only follow the old man, hoping that he could find out everything after meeting Master He.

Following the old man into the He Mansion, I saw that he was very familiar with the place and it was obvious that this was not his first time here. After turning around several times in the He Mansion, I finally arrived outside a house.

At this time, the old servant who had just negotiated with the old man outside the gate was already waiting outside the gate. When he saw the old man and Li Zhi coming, he hurriedly greeted them and said, "The master is inside, you should go in quickly and don't keep the master waiting for too long."

The old man looked terrified and kept saying he didn't dare, then took Li Zhi into the house.

Inside the room, an old man with a handsome face was writing something on the desk. He raised his head slightly, and a glance from his eyes revealed an irresistible majesty.

It is obvious that this is Mr. He.

As soon as he entered the door, the old man knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings, Master He."

But as a young man of the 21st century, Li Zhike did not have the habit of kneeling down to everyone he met, so he could only stand aside awkwardly.

Master He didn't say anything. He just frowned when he saw that Li Zhi was dirty and smelled sour. He told the old servant outside the door, "Take him down and give him a bath first."

The old servant outside the door hurried in, bowed to Master He, then pulled Li Zhi out.

"I just want to ask Master He a few questions..." Li Zhi said.

But the old servant turned a deaf ear and just pulled him forward.

Li Zhi had no choice but to follow the old servant. After all, he had a nightmare last night and was sweating all over. In addition, he had vomited just now and his body was covered with vomit.

This kind of image is indeed not very polite when meeting people.

As he was thinking this, he was pulled into another room by the old servant.

At this moment, in the original room, the old man was kneeling in front of Master He with a respectful look on his face.

"You've done a great job. You've brought two this month, right? Go down and claim your reward." Master He said calmly.

Hearing this, the old man kowtowed excitedly and said, "Thank you for the reward, sir."

After the old man left, Master He said to himself, "Master Liu has already wasted three furnaces of pills. The success rate is too low. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be hard to find materials for the pills..."

Here, Li Zhi had already washed and put on the clothes handed to him by the old servant. Although they were the clothes of an ordinary servant in the He Mansion, they were better than those he had worn before.

"Hello, can I go meet Master He now?" Li Zhi asked.

The old servant glanced at Li Zhi and said, "Follow me."

After the old servant finished speaking, he walked in one direction, and Li Zhi hurriedly followed.

Following the old servant, Li Zhi came to a small courtyard.

Surrounded by high walls, Li Zhi could not see what was going on inside.

There were four guards with swords at the entrance of the courtyard. They had sharp eyes and fierce faces, and one could tell at a glance that they were not good people.

The old servant nodded to them and said, "This is the newcomer. Take him in."

One of the guards stepped forward and put his hands on Li Zhi's shoulders, and was about to lead him in like handcuffing a prisoner.

At this point even the dumbest person would realize that something is wrong.

Li Zhi didn't know what was going on, but he certainly didn't want to give in so easily. He lowered his body, trying to get rid of the big hand on his shoulder.

However, the guard obviously would not do as he wished. He held Li Zhi's shoulders tightly with his hands like claws. Seeing that he could not get rid of him, Li Zhi became ruthless and clenched his fists, ready to punch the guard in the face.

The guard drew out the long sword from his waist with a swish. The bright light of the sword made Li Zhi feel like a basin of cold water was poured over him from head to toe. He dared not move at all for a moment.

Seeing that Li Zhi dared not move, the guard said with disdain: "Hey, you still want to resist? If Master Liu didn't need a healthy person to help, I would have chopped you into a human pig today!"

Li Zhi forced himself to calm down and said, "Big brother, this is my first time here, so I shouldn't have offended anyone."

The guard who was holding Li Zhi was about to say something sarcastic, but was stopped by a guard who looked older. He then said to Li Zhi, "You can only blame yourself for your bad luck!"

Then he said to the others, "I'll take him in."

As he said this, he put one hand on the hilt of the knife and grabbed Li Zhi with the other hand, and pushed him in without giving Li Zhi a chance to refuse.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you will see a huge alchemy furnace.

A bronze alchemy furnace with densely packed runes engraved on it. Moreover, the furnace was extremely huge. After a quick comparison, Li Zhi thought that this furnace could probably accommodate five or six people.

If you get a little closer you can smell the strange smell coming from the furnace.

"Don't think too much, and don't think about making any meaningless resistance..." Seeing Li Zhi staring at the alchemy furnace, the guard beside him said to him.

The guard rubbed the handle of his knife with one hand and said, "Everyone who just came in wanted to escape, but the end result was the same."

Li Zhi's heart sank, and he recalled some news he had seen before about fraud parks in Myanmar. Could it be that something similar existed here?

Time travel—I was a pig in ancient times?

As soon as an absurd idea came to Li Zhi's mind, he threw it out of his mind.

Li Zhi knew that he had no ability to resist, so he just whispered: "Brother, I know I am not your opponent, but I hope you can talk to me. I don't want to be a fool."