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"My name is Lu Shen. I was born in the Shengyun period of Beiyin. My father was a general of Beiyin, and I also fought for the country with my father. When I first came here, it was about 21 years in Beiyin. At that time, this place was still called Taoyuan Village."

"I passed by here during a march, and I happened to encounter bandits who came here to rob and kill people, so I helped the villagers."

When Song Zhuo heard this man who claimed to be named Lu Shen say this, he understood why he thought Lu Shen looked familiar.

Lu Shen's eyebrows, eyes and demeanor are very similar to the person in the portrait on the wall of the sick villager's house during the day. The villager has been worshiping that portrait before, presumably because he led soldiers to save the lives of people in this village. thing.

But Beiyin has been 400 years, how is this Lu Shen still alive?And what happened to the reincarnation that Uncle Liu said before?

When Song Zhuo was thinking, his long and narrow eyes were half-closed, inexplicably revealing calculation and majesty.This is also the reason why he always wears that pair of flat mirrors.

Before Song Zhuo could ask, Lu Shen had already continued talking.

"I died in Beiyin 23 years ago. Because of my promise to one person, I have never been reincarnated. I have been a lonely ghost in this world for 300 years. Until 34 years ago, I knew the secret of this village by chance. , that’s why I came here.”

"Secret?" Song Zhuo became more and more curious about this village. He didn't care much about Lu Shen's work as a wild ghost for hundreds of years. Everyone has his attachment. Song Zhuo, as a psychiatrist, has seen Too many stubborn egos.

"Everyone in this world will cross the River of Forgetfulness after death, go to the underworld, drink Mengpo soup after atonement and receive merit, forget the past and enter the next reincarnation. People in this village will also reincarnate, But their souls will not go to the underworld. After a person dies here, the villagers will put his body into the cave, and then the person's soul will be reborn in the womb of a pregnant woman in the village. Everyone in this village has a definite number , not one more, and not one less.”

"Because I haven't crossed the River of Forgetfulness, nor drank Meng Po soup, everyone here will remember the events of previous lives."

As he said that, Lu Shen took a deep look at Song Zhuo, "That's why I came here to reincarnate. I won't forget what happened before, and I can get a new body. This is a fatal attraction for wild ghosts. force."

"But after I came here, I realized that I wasn't the first person to come here from outside. This village has already reincarnated an outsider."

Song Zhuo made a reasonable guess based on some intermittent stories he heard before, "That person looks exactly like me."

Lu Shen nodded, "Yes. That person's name is Liu Yang. When I came here, Liu Yang was already 15 years old. At that time, he was the same as other villagers here and knew nothing about the outside world. And after I successfully reincarnated Three years, that is, when Liu Yang was, he did not know where he learned about the reincarnation of the outside world."

"Since then, Liu Yang has believed that this village is a deformed world. Only by joining the Great Reincarnation can we truly return to the normal world. There is a spring in the cave you were in before. I heard that if you drink that spring water, you will forget everything. What happened in the previous life will also enter the normal reincarnation after death. On the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year, Liu Yang drew out the spring water from the cave and poured it into the big well shared by the whole village in Taoyuan Village."

"After that day, most of the villagers in Taoyuanzhai only had memories of this life left, but they did not become normal people. The whole village suffered from a strange disease, and the attack power was astonishing despite no one's consciousness during the day , to live like a person at night. The few old men you met, they are the few people who have not drank the well water, and of course, I am too."

"It was also those few people who killed Liu Yang on a certain night a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, Liu Yang's death did not make the village normal, but they still thought that Liu Yang angered the gods to let the village go. The whole village is in a strange disease, so they want to kill you."

"Have you finished your story?" After Lu Shen stopped, Song Zhuo asked him.

"Yes." Lu Shen replied.

"Let's assume for the time being that what you said is true, but after listening to your story, I have three questions." Song Zhuo thinks that he is more accurate in judging people. Whether it is Lu Shen's face or gestures, Song Zhuo feels He is not a bad person, he has actually believed Lu Shen's words for a long time, and even thought that Lu Shen was very reliable and would definitely help him.

"First of all, the first question is, when you first came to Taohuazhai, was it already an independent reincarnation here?"

Lu Shen thought for a moment, then replied, "Probably not. My troops rested here for a few days. During the conversation with the villagers, they behaved the same as the outside world. And I checked, and the memories passed down by the villagers here are all It started in the second year of Nanyin."

Through Lu Shen's answer, Song Zhuo deduced slowly, "That is to say, something must have happened to this village between the 21st year of Beiyin and the [-]nd year of Nanyin. In a solitary reincarnation."

"This should be."

"Second question, do you also think that I am Liu Yang's reincarnation? If I was really Liu Yang in my previous life, then since I was reborn in Clear Water, it means that Liu Yang also drank that spring water, right?"

Lu Shen thought for a little longer than the last question this time, and then nodded.

In fact, Song Zhuo wanted to ask Lu Shen why he was so sure, was it just because he looked exactly like Liu Yang?Or there are other reasons.But Song Zhuo finally gave up asking this question and turned to the third question.

"The last one, why did you tell me this? You, a person who has lived for hundreds of years, after saving your memory and obtaining a body as you said, why do you still stay here?"

"I'm a villager here. Although I didn't drink the spring water, I also got sick." Lu Shen explained.

After listening to half a sentence, Song Zhuo suddenly realized, "Oh, look at my brain, what kind of stupid questions are you asking. You tell me these things so that I can find ways to help the villagers, and also help you cure diseases?"

"Yes."

"You really think of me! If what you said is true, the back of this village must be controlled by a very big boss. Like Uncle Liu said, it may be because he angered the gods. How do you think Can I, a mere mortal, be able to help?"

Song Zhuo's question reminded Lu Shen of the night he watched Liu Yang die 30 years ago.

Lu Shen has wandered in this world for hundreds of years, and has seen countless ghost messengers who wanted to cross him.

But on the night of Liu Yang's death, Lu Shen saw with his own eyes that the person who came to pick up Liu Yang's ghost was a solemn monk, followed by several ghosts and gods in official uniforms.

Generally speaking, even a human emperor would only be led to Wangchuan by one or two ghost messengers after death.

But that day, Liu Yang's ghost was carried away by a luxury sedan.

All of this shows that Liu Yang is also Song Zhuo, the person he was back then, and he is definitely not a small mortal.

But all of this, he can't tell Song Zhuo yet.

Lu Shen met Song Zhuo's questioning eyes, and answered calmly, "Intuition."