Liaozhai Great Sage

"Little girl, come to think of it, those who bought the sheep must know that these sheep are changed by people, so they are willing to spend money to buy them. Today, when the peddler was about to sell the little girl, the little girl ran out while the peddler was negotiating the price. , Occasionally saw a temple here on the road, and then ran to the Xiangguo Temple thinking of asking the eminent monk for help."

"Luckily, I met the young master afterwards, and was rescued by the young master just now and recovered."

Qiu Rong recounted what happened to her in every detail.

That sheep dealer is a salesman.

On the grounds of selling his daughter's goods, he wandered among the towns in the south, cast a spell, turned the pretty woman into a goat, and then drove him to the capital to sell in a place far away from the woman's hometown.

In fact, the matter is not complicated, it's just that the sheep dealer has mastered heresy techniques and used spells to abduct and sell attractive women.

After listening, Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "Since ancient times, there have been human traffickers who abducted and sold women and children in all dynasties, but all dynasties have imposed severe punishments and imposed strict laws on such people. , You don’t even need to report to the official, and you don’t commit a crime if you are killed. The same is true for the Song Dynasty. Miss Qiurong, you deserve sympathy, but there are still women who were victimized. Since I met this matter, I won’t ignore it.”

"I have sent ghosts and gods to capture the sheep dealer. As expected, there will be news in a few days. Before that, I hope Miss Qiurong can stay in the capital for a few days. After this matter is over, I will I will send people from the Shunfeng Escort to take you home, and there will be people from the Escort to escort you, girl, you will not have any accidents on the way."

Qiu Rong was grateful and said: "The little girl is not familiar with the place in the capital, she has nothing to rely on, thanks to the help of the young master, everything will be obeyed by the young master's arrangement."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Miss Qiurong, don't worry, you can write a letter later, and I will send someone to send you home to report that you are safe, or you can let your family come to the capital to pick you up, everything is up to you , It's getting late now, Miss Qiurong has been working so hard for many days, I'm afraid she's exhausted physically and mentally, so let's go to bed earlier."

Qiu Rong nodded.

Li Xiuyuan looked at the yard, only to remember that there are only two bedrooms in the backyard, one is his and the other is that of the female ghost Xiaoxie.

"However, there is one thing that I'm sorry for. Miss Qiurong, you have seen the situation of the Escort. The front yard is where people from the Escort live. The backyard is fairly clean. Over there is a girl named Xiao Xie. The wing room is also temporarily staying here, if Miss Qiurong doesn't mind, can I share the same room with Miss Xie? Of course, if Miss Qiurong minds, I can send someone to take her to the nearest inn to rest."

"Thank you for your relationship, young lady, I am willing to share the same room with that young lady Xie." Qiu Rong said without thinking.

After she became a sheep, she saw too many sinister people, and she was finally saved, so she dared to walk around indiscriminately.

Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Then I'll ask that young lady Xie for her opinion, and please ask Miss Qiurong to wait for a while."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the opposite room and knocked on the door.

"Is Miss Xie in the house? I'm next, Li Xiuyuan."

The house was quiet and silent, and the doors and windows were closed for a long time, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

But a moment later, candlelight suddenly lit up in the room, and a shadow was cast on the door and window. Judging from the shape of the shadow, it was the figure of a woman.

"Is it Mr. Li?" Xiao Xie's voice sounded, the shadow moved, and Yingying gave a salute: "Little girl, you are polite. I don't know why Mr. Li knocked on the door so early to visit?"

Li Xiuyuan told about that girl Qiurong, and then said: "If you don't want to disturb me, can I let this girl Qiurong stay for a few nights?"

After hearing what happened to Qiurong, Xiao Xie sighed quietly: "I didn't expect this girl to be so pitiful. Fortunately, I met Mr. Li. Otherwise, I don't know what kind of place I would end up in. It's just my situation, Mr. Li." After thinking about it, I also know that it is not a good thing if the difference in status is to live with me."

"Just staying for a few days, I will send him back to his hometown soon, there will be no problem." Li Xiuyuan said.

He knows the difference between man and ghost.

Humans and ghosts cannot get along together, otherwise they will easily get sick.

But it doesn't matter if it's just a few days, and this Qiu Rong has also entered the Xiangguo Temple, and has been contaminated with Buddhist aura, so it is not a problem to resist Xiao Xie's Yin Qi for a few days.

"Then invite this girl Qiurong to come in."

Suddenly, a gust of cool wind blew, but the bolt behind the door fell, and no one opened the wooden door.

After the door opened, there was a feminine and beautiful woman standing inside the door, looking at Li Xiuyuan with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Miss Qiurong, go in and rest. I'll go back to the room to rest first, so I won't disturb you." Li Xiuyuan saluted, then turned and left immediately.

But Xiao Xie said: "Mr. Li is leaving just now? Does my identity make you feel scared, Mr. Li?"

Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I'm not afraid, but Miss Xie's obsessions should be let go. The ghosts and gods under my command have already begun to settle in the capital, and Miss Xie, the former god of cows and horses, should have already done so." I see, their duty is to arrest the evil spirits that stay in the world, so after the affairs in the capital subside, I think there is not much time left for you, Miss Xie."

After speaking, he went back to his room to rest.

When Xiao Xie saw Li Xiuyuan returning to his room, he sighed again: "Why is there a man like you in the world? It would be great if you were an ordinary scholar, but I don't know where I learned how to catch ghosts and eliminate demons." the ability."

Then she looked at Qiu Rong and said, "If it wasn't for Mr. Li's own pleading, I wouldn't allow you to live with me."

Qiu Rong lowered his head and looked down, without refuting.

"Oh, I'm self-willed, how can I make things difficult for you, come in quickly, it's cold outside at night."

"Thank you, Miss Xie." Qiu Rong saluted.

"You're welcome, this is Mr. Li's mansion, and I'm just borrowing it. If you want to thank Mr. Li, you can thank Mr. Li. I don't deserve your gratitude." Xiao Xie said.

When Qiu Rong walked into the bedroom, she looked around.

But she saw that the furniture in the house was very old, as if it had been placed for decades, and the wood paint in some places was mottled and falling off. If it wasn't for the fact that it was clean and spotless, she would have suspected that she had walked into an abandoned place. It's like a house for decades.

"You can go to the side room to rest. There are no servants here to serve others. If you have any problems, you can solve them yourself." Xiao Xie said.

But at this time.

Li Xiuyuan has fallen asleep.

But that day he had another dream.

It's been a while since I last dreamed.

It was still a continuation of the dream from last time. In the dream, he was in a peach forest. The houses here looked like houses, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Everything was both familiar and strange.

Li Xiuyuan still stood in front of a blacksmith's shop as before.

An old blacksmith was repairing and forging a broken sword, beating it with a hammer, and then putting it into the furnace for calcination.

There was no fire in the stove, only a handful of flames.

The temperature can't burn the blade red, and the hammer can't deform the blade.

"Old man, you can't repair the blade by beating it like this. You have to increase the temperature of the furnace and add other iron into the blade to reforge the blade." Li Xiuyuan reminded.

The old blacksmith smiled and said: "Of course I know, but there is only one blacksmith's shop here, and the iron materials have been used up, so I can't find it anymore."

Li Xiuyuan said, "Can't you find it anywhere else?"

"I can't find it anywhere else, but you have one in your hand," said the old blacksmith.

Hearing this, Li Xiuyuan suddenly lowered his head to look, but saw that he was holding a stone in his hand at some point, which was shining golden and eye-catching.

Before he could speak, the old blacksmith continued to sigh: "Even your piece is not enough, you have to find another piece."

"Then where should I look for it?" Li Xiuyuan was about to ask.

Suddenly, the sound of a golden rooster crowing sounded beside my ear.