Liaozhai Great Sage

Zhu Jiu Clan is considered light.

If the young master died because of this, the world would be in chaos, God knows how many people would die.

"The matter here is over, and I don't miss it anymore. If Mr. Li asks, he will say that I have returned to Qingshan." Hu Lanyu saluted suddenly: "Farewell."

He stayed here only to ensure that Li Xiuyuan's plan would not be disrupted. Now that everything is back on track, and Li Xiuyuan is alive and well, he will return to Yangzhou to take up his post soon. He feels that his chance to contribute is gone.

Moreover, he still has one unresolved matter in Qingshan Village.

Hu Lanyu left as soon as he said that, Han Shizhong didn't even have time to thank him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this fairy is first-class and free and easy, not for fame and fortune, just different from ordinary people.

Then he immediately ordered Wu Xiang, Sha Jin, and Yan Chixia to bring five thousand fine riders back to Yangzhou to ensure the safety and stability of Yangzhou, and at the same time leave enough manpower for the young master who is about to go to Yangzhou , As for the capital, he, Mao Wu and several others should be able to stabilize the situation.

Chapter 792 Hu Lanyu and Xiaoqiao

There is a mountain village outside Qingshan Town, hundreds of miles away from Jinling City.

There are only dozens of families in the village, and they make a living by farming and hunting.

But no one knows that in the mountains near the village, it is the seclusion of the Qingshan Fox Clan. There are hundreds of big and small fox spirits of the Hu Han Clan living there. , was hunted and killed many fox spirits, but after this catastrophe, the Qingshan Fox Clan resumed a peaceful and peaceful life again.

After Hu Lanyu left the capital, she returned to the mountain village alone.

He came out to help Li Xiuyuan this time mainly to repay his kindness, not to seek fame and fortune. Now that the general situation has been settled, he will retire after his accomplishments.

"It's been almost a year since I came out of the mountain." Hu Lanyu looked at the approaching Qingshan Village in front of her, and for some reason, she thought of a girl from a peasant family, Xiao Qiao.

I remember that when I left that day, Xiaoqiao still pestered me to teach her to read and write.

He only taught a part of the thousand-character prose and then stopped teaching it.

Now that a year has passed, I don't know what happened to this girl.

"Maybe she is already married, after all, she has reached the age of marriage." Hu Lanyu thought.

Wearing a green shirt, with a tall and straight figure, long hair draped over his shoulders, handsome as a monster, and without anything else, he came to the head of the village.

He appeared so out of place in Qingshan Village, and the villagers passing by nearby showed a bit of fear when they saw him, and they dared not speak to him, let alone speak.

Perhaps the villagers have begun to doubt his identity.

But that doesn't matter.

He is a thousand-year-old fox spirit who has attained the Tao, and even a cultivator who slays demons and eliminates demons passes by, and he can't beat him, and he doesn't do any harm, and he has nothing to fear in his heart.

"The heavens and the earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric, the sun and the moon are full, the days and nights are arranged, the cold comes and the summer goes, autumn harvests and winter hides..."

Just when Hu Lanyu was passing by the village and was about to go home, she heard three or five village urchins laughing and playing, chanting a thousand-character essay.

When he came to a house, he saw the wall of the yard and the wooden door carved with stones. There were also thousands of characters on them, and the characters were messy and scribbled, not aesthetically pleasing.

Hu Lanyu knocked on the door.

It was an old woman who opened the door.

The old woman's eyes lit up when she saw Hu Lanyu, and she said happily, "It's Lanyu, you're finally back."

"It's been a while since I've been away this time, and I'm worried about my mother." Hu Lanyu gave a respectful salute.

This old woman is not his biological mother, but his adoptive mother, whom he promised Li Xiuyuan to take care of, in order not to let the villagers criticize him, so he worshiped the old woman as his adoptive mother, and served her in her old age.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back, get tired, go into the house and rest." The old woman treated Hu Lanyu as her own son, and excitedly grabbed his hand and led him into the house to rest.

As soon as Hu Lanyu sat down, she said, "Master, is there any teacher in the village?"

"The village is still the same as before, how can we afford to hire a teacher." The old woman said.

"Why are all the urchins in the village reciting the thousand-character essay?" Hu Lanyu said.

The old woman sighed and said, "Where did the teacher teach it? It was taught by Xiaoqiao...Since she left that day, Xiaoqiao's child has come almost every day, and she takes the book you left him. Books, memorized all day long, and people in the village laughed at her when she read those thousand-character texts."

"What are you kidding about her?" Hu Lanyu said.

"It's a joke that she was confused by monsters. She learned to read and read like other scholars. I'm afraid you don't know. Many people in the village secretly say that you are a monster. Otherwise, how could there be such a handsome person like you in this remote valley? Young Master." The old woman sighed helplessly while beating her legs.

"Actually, I also know in my heart that what the villagers said may be true, but you are my child, so how could I doubt my own child? Xiaoqiao also believes that you are not a monster, so she argues with the villagers every time."

Seeing this, Hu Lanyu sat down on her knees and beat the old woman's legs: "Then what happens later."

"After a long time, Xiaoqiao stopped talking. Maybe she was persuaded by those villagers, but she still came here to read and read every day. But her parents couldn't stand it. Half a year ago, a matchmaker asked her to marry her next door. A family in the village, the child refused to agree, saying that he would wait for you to come back... It has been waiting for you for more than a month, and seeing that you have not come, everyone in the village said that you will not come, that you are rich and honored outside Now, why would you fall in love with a poor girl like her and make her give up."

"Xiao Qiao's child still didn't believe it, so she had a big fight with her parents, and then she was looking forward to your return every day at the village head. After a long time, she also gradually believed that you really wouldn't come back, so two more It went crazy a month ago."

Speaking of this, the old woman sighed: "What a wonderful child, why did he lose his mind and go crazy? Now he is carving and scribbling in the village with broken tiles every day. The words on the door are carved by her." Come out, the courtyard walls of other people's houses are similar..."

She babbled, and Hu Lanyu listened quietly.

He was silent after hearing it.

Then he asked: "Where is Xiaoqiao now?"

"Maybe hiding somewhere in the village. She is very afraid of adults. She runs away when she sees adults. Maybe she doesn't want to be caught and married. Occasionally, she will come here for food. Alas, I have bad legs and feet, so I chased her several times. People in the village also avoid her, saying that she is possessed by evil spirits. If you get close to her, you will be easily possessed by evil spirits." The old woman said.

"Is that so..." Hu Lanyu stood up and gave a salute, "Mother, please sit here first, I'll go visit Miss Xiaoqiao."

"Since you're here to see her, maybe you won't go crazy after seeing you. After all, she also went crazy because of you. If she can get better, then bring her back," said the old woman.

"En." Hu Lanyu responded, and then quickly left the door.

Somewhere in the village at the moment.

A shaggy face, tattered clothes, bare feet, and a crazy girl with frostbite on her hands and feet were walking on the road. Her eyes dodged, and she seemed to be wary of anyone who appeared around her.

As he walked, he was still chanting in a spirited way: the heaven and the earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric, the sun and the moon are full, and the celestial constellations are listed... This is the beginning of the Thousand Characters Essay.

She tightly grasped a broken tile in her hands covered with black mud and frostbite, and then went to a corner to carve on the ground, writing horizontally and vertically very forcefully.

"It's you crazy girl again, don't get out, get out of my house." A woman from a nearby farmer's family saw Xiao Qiao, she was furious, picked up a broom and hit her.

Xiaoqiao screamed in fright, hugged her head and ran away.

After beating her away, the woman was very puzzled, and took a sip: "It's really bad luck, this crazy girl came to my door today."

Glancing at the words painted on the ground, the woman hurriedly stomped them flat for fear of causing evil spirits.

"The crazy girl is here, hit her quickly, hit her quickly."

Xiaoqiao ran into the middle of the village in fright. At this moment, the urchins in the village saw that they picked up the stones and mud on the ground and threw them at her. She groaned when they hit her, and her cloudy eyes were full of fear. .