most charming

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the open space in the east of the village gradually subsides. Almost everyone is drunk, and many villagers and crew members are leaning or lying staggeringly. Wei Yuqing and the ladies are the only ones who are still conscious people.

Lin Tao arranged for them to go back to the village, while he stayed and continued drinking.The dozen or so jugs were almost consumed, and Lin Tao came to Village Chief Ouyang with a small half of the jug left.

"Village Chief Ouyang, I respect you!" Lin Tao couldn't help but pour wine for Village Chief Ouyang.

"Lin Tao, I can't drink anymore!" Village Chief Ouyang waved his hand, it seemed that he was already overwhelmed by alcohol, and his eyes could not focus.

Lin Tao smiled and patted Village Chief Ouyang on the shoulder twice, sending a burst of vitality into the body of Village Chief Ouyang.

"Huh?" Village Chief Ouyang was startled immediately, and he could no longer pretend to be drunk, with a horrified expression on his face. "You...you have reached the third step?" His voice was full of disbelief.

"I don't know what the third step is..." Lin Tao shook his head, "I just have something to tell you!"

Village head Ouyang stared at him as if he didn't hear him at all, and asked, "You...you have reached the third step, haven't you?"

"I don't understand what the third step is!" Lin Tao emphasized again.

"Huayuan, you are Huayuanjing!" Village Chief Ouyang grabbed Lin Tao and said excitedly, "You are Huayuanjing! I definitely don't feel wrong, what you sent into my body is vitality, right? "

Lin Tao didn't expect Village Chief Ouyang to know Huayuan Realm, but considering Yuan Lao's strength, Village Chief Ouyang was a person who went out into the world at the same time as him, so it is reasonable to know Yuqi and Huayuan.

"Whether I am Huayuan or not, does it have anything to do with you?"

Village head Ouyang drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and said, "I made the wire rope in advance!"

This time it was Lin Tao's turn to be surprised. Before he even asked, he took the initiative to recruit!

"Why?" Lin Tao asked after taking a sip of wine, this question must be clarified!

"Lao Yuan's old injury has something to do with me, but making him heal has something to do with you!" Village Chief Ouyang hesitated for a moment and said.

"Even if it's related to me, why do you want to kill me? I don't want to participate in the conflict between you!"

"That's what he told you?" Village Chief Ouyang smiled wryly and shook his head, "Forget it, no matter what he says, it's true that Lao Yuan and I used to be good brothers, and later we had conflicts. It is indeed irrefutable!"

"I just want to know why you want to kill me!" Lin Tao's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Because you helped Lao Yuan!"

After talking, the topic returned to the original point.

"This is not a reason to convince me!" Lin Tao was furious, and crushed the wine bowl with a "Gaba".

Village head Ouyang looked up to the sky and sighed, then poured himself a bowl of wine, gulped it down, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then said: "I won't tell you about the past between me and Lao Yuan, we do have conflicts , I can’t say who is right and who is wrong, but I want you to understand that Lao Yuan did one thing wrong, which also caused the whole village to suffer. !"

"Everyone?" Lin Tao couldn't believe his ears. What secrets does Qingsong Village hide?

"Yes, everyone!" Village Chief Ouyang nodded vigorously, "But he thinks he is right, and he firmly believes that his choice is correct!"

"Is this the reason for imprisoning Old Yuan?"

"That's right! But it's not me who announced the imprisonment of Lao Yuan, but the previous patriarch, that is, my father!" Ouyang Village Chief said, "In the eyes of the clan, what Lao Yuan committed was an unforgivable crime. But he doesn't know that if I didn't plead behind my back, and even gave up the possibility of going out again, he wouldn't be able to live now!"

Lin Tao now understands that this is the entanglement of their generation, and there may be some of them. Village head Ouyang didn't say anything, but judging from his reaction, he shouldn't be lying.

"Even so, so many years of punishment and torture are enough!" Lin Tao said with a gloomy face, "As for killing me, there must be a reasonable explanation!"

"Ancestral precepts!" Village Chief Ouyang showed bitterness, "This is an ancestral precept, I can't go against it! Even if I knew you were a strong man in the Huayuan Realm, I would still try to kill you!"

Lin Tao took a deep breath, looked straight at Village Chief Ouyang, and asked, "If you can't kill me, but get killed instead, what should I do?"

"No complaints, no regrets!" Village Chief Ouyang said righteously.

Lin Tao was speechless for a moment, even admiring him. Village head Ouyang dared to say such a thing after knowing that he was in the Huayuan Realm. Obviously, what he said before was the truth and he did not lie to himself.

"Okay, I was persuaded by you!" Lin Tao changed the bowl again, "I was the one who was reckless in the first place, this time it is considered a punishment for me, and I will never owe you anything from now on!"

Village head Ouyang picked up the wine bowl and bumped into him, and they both raised their heads and drank at the same time.

"Thank you!" Village Chief Ouyang cupped his hands, "I won't say anything more. With your Yuanyuan Realm strength, even killing our entire village is easy. No one can escape from you!"

"People don't offend me, I don't offend others, this is my principle of doing things! Originally, I planned to take revenge, but now that I know that I was reckless and broke the rules of the village, I should be punished! But from then on, I It has nothing to do with this matter, if you and the people from Qingsong Village trouble me again, then I will definitely not be polite!"

Village Chief Ouyang said with a wry smile: "You are a strong person in Huayuan Realm, who would dare to trouble you!"

"Now, let's talk about you!" Lin Tao took a sip of his wine and asked lightly, "How do you know that I am Yuanhuayuanjing, which is the third step you mentioned."

"Inner strength and vitality are completely different things, as long as people who have reached the state of controlling energy can tell the difference!"

"Oh?" Lin Tao was even more surprised. Is the village head Ouyang a master of Qi control?Why didn't I see it myself!

Village Chief Ouyang's face was filled with loneliness, he shook his head and said, "I used to be!"

"why……"

Before Lin Tao could finish asking, Village Chief Ouyang took the initiative to say: "To save Lao Yuan! As I said, I gave up the chance to go out again! The ancestors of Qingsong Village taught that you can only go out when you reach the state of controlling energy!"

"I see!" From Lin Tao's point of view, Village Chief Ouyang is a very loyal friend.

"It's a pity, Mr. Yuan still hates you!" Lin Tao shook his head.

"Old Yuan has his own ideas, I can completely understand, but as the heir of the clan, I must strictly abide by the ancestral precepts!" Village head Ouyang said with emotion, "If that happened 20 years later, maybe there would be no such thing. It's over!"

Lin Tao nodded and said, "Ouyang Village Chief, no matter what, you didn't feel sorry for Mr. Yuan, but even saved him. Don't you want him to know about this?"

"Forget it, so many years have passed, we are all dying people, there is no need to bring up the old story again!" Village head Ouyang shook his head lightly, obviously this matter has become a heartache.

"But I think it is very necessary to let Yuan Lao know that if a person lives with hatred, his life is doomed to be sad!" Lin Tao paused, and suddenly raised his voice, "Yuan Lao, come out, I have already found out is you!"

Village head Ouyang shuddered suddenly, and stared at Lin Tao in surprise. Then, he saw Yuan Lao coming out from behind the wine jar with a gloomy expression on his face.

"Old Yuan, you heard what Village Chief Ouyang said just now. I didn't want to take care of your old affairs, but you designed me back then, and now I'm paying you back!" Lin Tao took another bowl, "I don't know whether what you said to me is true or not, and I don't know whether what Ouyang village chief said is true or not. Now that we are face to face, why don't you speak clearly?"

Old Yuan snorted coldly, and in a blink of an eye, he came to Village Chief Ouyang and slapped him on the chest.

"Five Poison Palms!"

Village head Ouyang said in amazement: "You...you managed to do it!"

Lin Tao could see clearly that there was a purple-black patch on the palm of Yuan Lao's palm, and there was a fishy smell when he waved his palm.But he didn't try to stop it, that was their older generation's business, and he had done enough for it.

"Death!"

Seeing that Lin Tao didn't make a move, Mr. Yuan suddenly showed a ferocious expression on his face.

Village head Ouyang suddenly closed his eyes, and sighed at the same time: "Fate..."

However, there was no pain as expected, Village Chief Ouyang opened his eyes, and what he saw was an old friend who was in tears.

"Old man, I have wrongly blamed you all these years!" Yuan Lao walked up to Village Chief Ouyang and put his hands on his shoulders, "I only thought you had an accident, but I didn't expect it to save me!"

Village head Ouyang didn't expect such a result, the old man stopped at the last moment.

"Old Yuan, don't you hate me?"

"I only hate myself!" Yuan Lao shook his head silently, "I was the one who was arrogant back then, otherwise I wouldn't have ruined the village's major affairs. Now it seems that I deserve what I deserve!"

Yuan Lao turned to look at Lin Tao and said, "Lin Tao, thank you, if it weren't for you, I would never know the truth, let alone wake up!"

Lin Tao waved his hand and said, "I didn't do anything, I just let you hear the truth in disguise."

"Old man, I'm sorry for you, I'll give you all your skills back now!"

As soon as Yuan Lao finished speaking, Ouyang Village Chief was shocked and said loudly: "Old Yuan, don't..."

"puff……"

With Yuan Lao as the center, a strong air current was set off, which only lasted for a short time and then ended.

Old Yuan's expression faltered, he seemed to be more than ten years old, and his eyeballs became cloudy, as if his previous energy had been drained.

"Old Yuan, why are you bothering?" Village Chief Ouyang said sadly, "I have already been abolished in martial arts, so why bother to spend your own energy!"

"This is what I should pay you back!" Yuan Lao smiled slightly, the burden on his heart was finally relieved.

He said to Lin Tao: "Lin Tao, thank you very much, even if I die now, I will have no regrets!"

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ps: I wish all book lovers a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.