Demon in the world

For the next two days, the atmosphere in Wuji Mountain was solemn. Xuan Qing issued a ban, all living beings had to pass the abdominal examination of the corpse vulture, and those who refused to cooperate had only two options: expulsion from the forest or execution on the spot.

In this cold winter season when a drop of water turns into ice, expulsion is no different from execution for monsters. It seems cruel but it is a last resort.Just because once the curse enters the belly, the cursed person will become a puppet of the caster, no different from a walking dead beast.

Wen Renchu ​​erased the memory of all the demons about him, but he also left early and returned late every day. Ah Jiu knew that he was investigating the curse, so he consciously stayed in the mountain ghost mansion and tried not to go out.

The most uncomfortable thing is the hungry stomach. Fortunately, the dried snake meat made by Xuanqing is enough. After chewing and drinking some water, the stomach will swell, and it can be full for half a day, but the meat is too hard. Benevolent pain.

On the third day, Ah Jiu couldn't go out at all, because the snow was more than one meter thick. According to its current body shape, it would be completely buried in the snow after taking two steps.

When it felt lonely and bored, it suddenly saw the Chongming bird carrying Wenren Chu descending from the sky.

It's just that I haven't seen him for a few days, but Wen Renchu ​​has changed again, completely different from before he entered the mountain.Her hair is very long, tied with a black ribbon and hangs down. She wears a moon white robe inside and a red begonia cloak of precious flowers on the outside. Her long eyebrows are drawn into her temples and she is handsome and unrestrained.

Looking at him, Ah Jiu didn't dare to admit it. After a while, he stammered forward, "Brother..."

Wen Renchu ​​bent down to lift it up, looked at the wound on the top of its head that was about to heal and asked, "Why is it so dirty all over?"

Ah Jiu tightened her paws and said nervously, "Just now I was playing with Grandpa in the garden to make a snowman."

"Where is Xuan Qing?"

"Read a book inside."

Wenren Chu Jian frowned slightly, and put it on the ground, "Go ahead and play, I have something to tell him."

Ah Jiu quickly followed, "I want to listen too."

By the stove, Xuan Qing was lying down leisurely with a small snake in her mouth. When she saw someone coming in, she threw the book away in fright. She quickly got up and greeted warmly: "Your Highness, you are back."

Wen Renchu ​​ignored his panic, "Did the statistics come out?"

Xuan Qing took out the roster on the table and offered it with both hands, "Your Highness, please take a look, the current situation is not optimistic. All the ordinary animals in the mountain have been controlled, only the dozen or so monsters on the hundred monsters list have not been cursed."

Wen Renchu ​​turned the pages twice and asked him, "How do you plan to solve this matter?"

Xuan Qing smiled bitterly, "Your Highness is really embarrassing me. The little demon has low skills, how can he resolve these never-before-seen curses? But according to the humble opinion of the little demon... we should completely eradicate them before they become puppets."

Wen Renchu ​​threw the brochure to him, "The duty of the mountain ghost is to protect the living beings, but you are so lucky that you want to kill them altogether. If you really do what you said, wouldn't this Wuji Mountain become an uninhabited mountain?" barren mountain?"

"Your Highness is right," Xuan Qing sighed, "But you should also know that what we in the demon world are most afraid of are quack warlocks, and even Lord Bai may not be able to save them. It is God's will to cover the mountains with heavy snow now. If the animals are unable to move, get rid of them as soon as possible, so as not to cause greater hidden dangers after the weather clears."

Warlocks and demons are incompatible with each other, so most of the two have no contact with each other. The most important thing is that human physique is deteriorating. The legendary professions such as onmyoji and demon master have disappeared for many years, and most of the people who are active in society are liars. .

Although the real warlocks have disappeared, the things they left behind are still there, such as the used pens, the spells left behind, the sealed monsters, and the cursed medium...

Curse is the method that the magician is best at. It spreads evil things through food or physical contact, so as to achieve the purpose of killing or manipulating the other party.It does not make any changes due to the life and death of the caster. Even if the original caster dies, the cursed medium still has evil abilities, and the control is automatically transferred to the new target.

The so-called Mumin are mortals who do not possess any special abilities.Over the years, the ancient curse has reappeared many times by chance, so Xuan Qing is not curious about the curse that appeared.

Seeing his silence, Xuan Qing apologized and said with a smile: "I don't know what you can gain from going out these few days, Your Highness?"

Wen Renchu ​​said unhappily: "The gargoyles have all retreated. I originally wanted to pick up someone to help you, but ended up getting separated again."

Xuan Qing was shocked, "Did Your Highness find a magician who can break the curse?"

Chu Bo, who heard it, said calmly, "It's not a warlock, it's my fourth brother, Qilin. He has been with Dongfang Lei for hundreds of years and has learned a little bit."

In the demon world, the default rule is that if the monster is not capable enough to be subdued by the warlock, it will enter the warlock's door and become a servant god, and make a time contract for him to dispatch.

Although this can be regarded as a superficial glamor for a while, it is still contrary to the nature of monsters who like freedom, so they will not be willing to work with warlocks as a last resort.

And Yazi, the younger brother, should be regarded as a strange flower among monsters. When he was young, he fell in love with a warlock, and voluntarily sent him to his door to serve as a servant god.

That's all, the most speechless thing is that the sorcerer still doesn't want him, and has been pestering him for hundreds of years, reluctantly giving him the status of an apprentice.Monsters learn the art of yin and yang and the five elements, but no one will believe it if they tell it.

Xuan Qing was even more astonished after hearing his words, "Dongfang Lei... the number one Onmyoji in the world, Dongfang Lei?"

Wenren Chu poured cold water on him, "That's right, but even if that's the case, don't get your hopes up too much. I know how much ink he has in his stomach. There's no way to find him. A dead horse is just a living horse doctor."

"No, no, as long as you can find the Fourth Highness, you will definitely be able to save all the creatures in the mountain!" Xuan Qing said emotionally, "I don't know where the Fourth Highness is now?"

"I said just now that I got separated from him." Wen Renchu ​​became angry when he thought of this road idiot. After finding the person with a net, he asked him to stay where he was and went to pick him up. When he arrived at the destination, he couldn't find him anywhere. , I searched again but there was no news.

Xuan Qing was still unwilling to give up, "The little demon has never seen the appearance of the Fourth Highness, can you draw a portrait for me? Let the monster in the mountain get involved and go find it together, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope..."

Wen Renchu ​​thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, he looks different from ordinary people, he looks like a child, with silver eyes and white hair, and speaks very slowly, and he can be recognized immediately when he sees him."

Xuan Qing was overjoyed to inform, and Ah Jiu, who had been listening quietly, jumped onto the chair, "Brother, is it only the fourth brother who can help us now?"

Wen Renchu ​​said with an attitude of resignation, "Maybe."

Then another day passed, and all the uncursed monsters in the mountain were sent out to look for the unicorn, but they all returned in vain.

The next day, Xuanqing's enthusiasm slowly faded, and she said discouragedly: "The fourth highness is haunted, even the second highness can't be found, it seems that we have no hope."

Wen Renchu ​​was silent, and suddenly heard a commotion outside the mansion gate, Xuan Qing immediately opened the curtain and walked out.

A group of monsters gathered outside at this time, Shan Xun, Ba Tie, Ying Zhao, and the old winged mouse Yu Niao, were making noise around the two children.

Seeing Xuan Qing coming out, all the monsters rushed forward and said: "My lord, we found these two suspicious outsiders in the cave, not to mention refusing physical examination, they even killed many of our corpse vultures!"

Xuan Qing pushed aside the crowd and walked in, and saw that the two were not children, but just two dwarfs with adult faces, tied up firmly with withered vines.

A man and a woman are all wearing pigtails, wearing red and green clothes with rouge on their faces, looking festive and funny.

After studying them twice, Xuan Qing said to himself: "You should not be human, but you are not monsters either... What is it?"

"Bah!" The male dwarf spat at his feet, and said with a ferocious face, "You don't even know me, but you are still a mountain ghost!"

Xuan Qing tugged at his beard and said: "Old man, I have been to the heavens and the underworld, but I have never seen a character like you, why don't you come and hear about it?"

The male dwarf was about to speak, but the female dwarf next to him stopped him with his eyes. She explained gently: "My lord, what happened before was a misunderstanding. We didn't know what happened here before we entered the mountain. We only acted when we saw their aggressive attitude." Yes, please raise your hand and let us go!"

Xuan Qing said: "Then who are you?"

The female dwarf wondered: "It's not that we don't want to say it, it's that before we came out, the master specifically told us not to reveal our identity. However, my master is a person with a lot of background, and he will never make things difficult for the adults and the monsters. Please rest assured!"

Seeing that they were dressed luxuriously and their conversation was not like ordinary people, Xuan Qing thought about it for a while and still couldn't make up her mind, so she ordered them to be put in the thorn cell for temporary custody.

When Xuan Qing came back, she saw Chu Li standing behind the bead curtain thoughtfully, and said cautiously, "Does Your Highness know both of them?"

Wenren Chu thought, "I seem to have seen it somewhere."

Xuan Qing hurriedly said: "Think about it carefully, I don't think they are humans or monsters, but they have a bit of fairy air..." If Wen Renchu ​​has an impression, it means that the other party is probably really a great big shot.

Immortal?Wen Renchu ​​raised his eyebrows, "I remembered, they are Su Jili's boys, they are known as ambassadors of good and evil."

"Grandpa Stove King?!" Xuan Qing said in surprise.

Since the Suiren family drilled wood to make fire, human beings began to cook cooked food. The famous Zao Jun Zao is the true god enshrined in the kitchen. There are two dwarfs beside him: one is a good envoy and the other is an evil envoy.

The two envoys hold the golden pot all the year round, record the good and evil in the world and throw it into it.Report to the Kitchen God at the end of the year, and then use this to plan everyone's blessings and misfortunes in the coming year.

In ancient times, when posting New Year pictures during the Chinese New Year, human beings inevitably posted a picture of Grandpa Stove King in the kitchen.

Nowadays, science and technology develops very fast, the thatched cottage is replaced by high-rise buildings in a blink of an eye, and the clean and bright kitchen is no longer seen. Everyone said that he retired to practice, but they did not expect that two messengers would appear here .

Although she knew the identities of the two dwarves, Xuan Qing felt more and more embarrassed, neither to stay nor to let go.

Because of their master, that Grandpa Stove King is really a headache, he is jealous and narrow-minded, if he knows that his two boys have been forcibly detained, and he is still forcibly detained, he may not be able to bear it. Walk.

Xuan Qing's face changed rapidly, and she turned back and forth several times in a few seconds, and finally had to ask Wen Renchu ​​for help, "Your Highness, I can't afford to offend that grandpa. You need to save me, help the old man find a way!"

Wenren said clearly: "Why are you patrolling the mountains at this juncture if you don't come early or late? You hold these two people first, and tell them not to leak any news. Try to hide Su Jili first."

Xuan Qing said with a bitter face: "How could it be possible to hide it! That grandpa has six ears, and he likes to wander around all day when he has nothing to do, asking about the short stories of his parents... I am really unlucky this year, people Say that the new official takes office three fires, and I will create a series of troubles before I burn it!"

"Go as soon as I tell you to go!" Wen Renchu ​​lowered his face, Xuan Qing had no choice but to follow his orders.

If it's bad, it's bad. Anyway, the sky is falling and there's a tall man holding it up. If you really want to investigate it, you'll push the responsibility to two, five or six, and then no one can escape.

Ah Jiu was still unable to intervene, and waited for Xuan Qing to leave before asking: "Brother, is Grandpa Stove King really that scary?"

Wenren said clearly: "It's nothing, just a stingy old man."

Ah Jiu asked strangely: "Then why is Grandpa Shangui so frightened?"

He said that, Wen Renchu ​​also felt strange, if he only heard the rumors, Xuanqing shouldn't be afraid of being like that, right?Looking at his appearance just now, he seems to have seen the power of Su Jili...

"Brother, I'm hungry." Brother Ah Jiu looked at him pitifully. After chewing the dried snake for a few days, his toothache was so bad that he couldn't eat any more.

Wen Renchu ​​patted it and encouraged him: "Be patient, I will find a solution as soon as possible. There are only a dozen monsters left in the mountain that have not been cursed, and they can't eat any more."