Chapter 43

Lotus town is the only way to go south to Guiyang.

This is the throat of Guiyang. Since ancient times, many tourists and merchants have shuttled back and forth in this small town, making the town lively and prosperous.

Traceless led the little donkey to this small town famous for its beauty and wealth.

It is a small town, which is several times larger than an ordinary small town.

A long street is paved with bluestones. There are many shops on both sides of the long street, with a wide range of goods.

Strangely enough, there was no one above the street, not even a pedestrian.

The donkey's hooves beat on the bluestone street, making a crisp "Da Da" sound, echoing in the long street.

The shopkeepers and clerks in the shop sat at the door bored, listless and drowsy like little donkeys who didn't drink.

Occasionally someone looked up at him, but his eyes were empty, as if he didn't see anything at all.

Traceless heart strange. When he was in Yueyang, he often wandered around the long street, but he had never seen such a strange phenomenon as lotus town.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of drum music, silk and bamboo behind him, accompanied by a sound: "the old fairy is coming, come out quickly to meet the old fairy!"

Then someone shouted and scolded: "you boy, don't get out of the way. You dare to block the way of the old fairy. Be careful that you don't die!"

Looking back without trace, he saw that at least a thousand people came slowly behind him, surrounded by a luxurious and rich free chair carried by 16 people.

On the chair, an old Taoist with white hair and beard, dressed in apricot yellow Taoist robe, about 60 years old, holding the Taoist crown high, holding the snow-white Buddha dust in his forehand, holding the orchid finger in his left hand, and his eyes slightly closed. From a distance, it also looks like a fairy spirit and extraordinary bearing.

In front, eight big drums were carried by eight people. Eight drumsticks with thick arms rose and fell vigorously in the hands of four strong men. Two trombones with a length of one foot, one in front and one in the back.

After the carefree chair, the sound of silk and bamboo, more than 20 women in colorful clothes danced.

No trace was stunned and thought, "this is the immortal on the road. How can it be laid like this?"

While thinking, a man shouted, "you boy, don't you get out of the way? Do you want to make the old immortal angry and punish you“

Without a trace, he got off the donkey and walked aside.

The shopkeepers and clerks who had been listless woke up one after another like a dream, and all looked energetic.

The roadside knelt down in unison, raised their hands and kowtowed one by one: "the old fairy, the old fairy has come to life! Lotus town is saved! "

Thousands of people poured out of the quiet long street and knelt down all the way.

I saw flowers paving the road, cheering, and slowly surrounded the old Taoist to the central square of Hehua town.

Curious, traceless stopped a young man and asked, "brother, what does the old Taoist do? Such a big show? "

The young man looked at him with disgust and said, "that's an old immortal. Can an old Taoist call it casually? If you talk nonsense and annoy the old immortal, you will have sores all over your body and die! "

He cursed him for no reason. He was cold and got goose bumps.

He took the little donkey and followed the vast team to the square.

The square in Hehua town is indeed very open, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

But at this time, the square was crowded with people, and the dark area crowded the big square.

In the middle of the square, an altar three feet high stands tall. At this time, the old Taoist has been supported by two girls in colorful clothes, slowly stepped onto the altar and sat on the top.

The people on the earth knelt down and raised their hands to worship.

The drum music stopped, the silk and bamboo stopped, and everyone in the square shouted "old immortal“ There was no other sound.

At this time, the scorching sun, the originally boring air, because so many people gathered at once, was even more annoying and hot.

Someone saw traceless standing next to the little donkey and whispered, "why don't you kneel down and worship the old fairy? If you annoy the old fairy and implicate lotus town, you will be a sinner for thousands of years!"

Although traceless was unwilling, he saw that the people in lotus town were so strange. It seemed that without the old Taoist, lotus town would be in great trouble. Then he had to kneel down slowly, and his heart was secretly wondering what was going on.

Finally, the old Taoist gently raised the Buddhist dust, and all the people were silent immediately.

Someone shouted, "quiet, the old fairy is going to speak!"

The Taoist priest slowly opened his eyes, just like an immortal overlooking all living beings. He glanced at the people who were kneeling all over the ground, and slowly said, "I just went to heaven and asked the immortals on all roads. Finally, I know why lotus town is dry and has no harvest for years!"

An old man in brocade Washington respectfully said, "please show me the old fairy. Why does lotus town annoy heaven and bring down such punishment! As long as we can pray for God's grace, rain and save the people of Hehua Town, I will calm down and fully cooperate with the old immortals without ambiguity! "

The old Taoist said, "did lotus town offer sacrifices to the river god?"

The old man said, "lotus town has good weather every year. It has never encountered such a drought, so I didn't expect to sacrifice the river god!"

"Ignorance! The river god visited your lotus town every year, but your lotus town ignored the river god at all. Finally, he annoyed the old man, so he reported to Tianting and cut off the rain in your lotus town as a warning! But you are ignorant and still don't know to sacrifice. The river god is angry and the lotus town is in great danger! "

The old Taoist's words are slow and have their own dignity.

The old man was frightened and said, "what should I do?"

When all the people heard of the imminent disaster, they were also in a panic and commotion.

"I prayed to the immortal again and again. The immortal allowed me to meet him at Chenshi tomorrow! It's too big. I'm not sure I can convince Shangxian. I can only wait until I see Shangxian tomorrow, ask about Shangxian's wishes and make plans! "

The Taoist's words were so clear that everyone could hear them clearly.

The old man said, "thank you, old fairy! Please rest with the old fairy tonight. Everything in lotus town depends on the old fairy! "

The old Taoist said, "if you want to see the immortal, I can't go empty handed. You should prepare some gifts and send them to the lotus Taoist temple before Chenshi. I'll take them to the immortal tomorrow. Maybe the immortal can open up!"

The old man bowed and said, "this is nature. The gift has already been prepared. Later, someone will send it to the old fairy!"

"Ignorance! Not to me, but to Shangxian! "

"Yes, the little old man is unscrupulous. Please don't blame the old fairy!"

The old man was frightened and hurried to say.

Two women in colorful clothes went up to the altar and helped the old Taoist down. Suddenly, the drum music and the sound of silk and bamboo resumed the scene when they first came.

People kowtow and worship one after another, and the mountain shouted, "send the old immortal!"

When the old Taoist and his party left, the square was still crowded and talked.

Traceless finally heard a general idea. It must be that this lotus town encountered a rare drought, resulting in no harvest. The people were terrified and thought they had offended the gods, so they invited the old Taoist priest to cast a spell.

It's ridiculous to think about it without trace. If there are immortals in the world, they will sympathize with the world. How could such a drought fall innocently and sink the people into water and fire?

But the world is so stupid that when people are afraid, they are unable to return to heaven, so they place their hope on the ethereal gods. It is sad and pitiful to think about it.

Traceless leads the donkey to the largest restaurant in the town... Lotus Restaurant.

On weekdays, the restaurant is full of guests and bustling. But today, the restaurant was empty. When the waiter saw no trace coming in, he took a lazy look. For a moment, someone came to pick up the little donkey.

Traceless came to a table by the window and sat down and ordered a jar of wine and two small dishes. And the astonished man beat ten kilograms of sorghum to the little donkey, and drank slowly alone, thinking about what the old Taoist said just now.

I was curious and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter.

Traceless decides to live in the lotus town and see how the old Taoist gets the rain and saves the lotus town from water and fire.

That night, he stayed at Yunlai Inn in the town.

Lying in bed, I just felt that the room was muggy and couldn't sleep, so I quietly left the Inn and flew to the roof, thinking that the roof was still a little cool.

Suddenly, I saw several figures sneaking up on the empty long street.

As soon as he saw it, he almost laughed. Isn't this the five members of Tang Qi's party?

I can't imagine that this guy's soul will not disappear. He can follow wherever he goes.

He quietly came to the roof not far from Tang Qi to see what he was doing.

Under the moonlight, Tang Qi was wearing an apricot yellow Taoist robe, holding a Buddhist dust that he didn't know where to get from, looking around the long street, as if looking for a goal.

Several people muttered in the street for a moment, then turned and walked towards an alley.