The younger brother is a biting leprechaun

The next day, Xu Qing was woken up early in the morning by sounds from the yard.Putting on a coat, Xu Qing opened the door sleepily.Outside the door, Wen Jifeng was dressed in white, standing in the courtyard with a long sword, wondering what he was thinking.

"Junior brother, you got up so early to practice sword?" Xu Qing yawned.

Wen Jifeng nodded: "Did you wake up senior brother?"

Xu Qing looked up at the foggy sky and yawned again: "It's okay, you can continue to practice." After speaking, she leaned against the door and dozed off.After going back anyway, he probably wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

Xuqing leaned against it for a while, but didn't hear any sound from Wen Jifeng's side, but the sound of footsteps from far to near.Xu Qing raised his eyelids, Wen Jifeng was already standing in front of him: "Why don't you continue to practice, I'll just take a look, don't worry about it."

Wen Jifeng glanced back and said, "The courtyard is too small to let go."

Xu Qing suddenly became energetic: "Then—don't practice anymore?" Seeing Wen Jifeng nodding, Xu Qing snatched the long sword from Wen Jifeng's hand, Wen Jifeng hadn't realized what the senior brother had done, He was dragged into the room by Xu Qing.

The door of the room slammed shut, and there was the sound of fabric rubbing against each other from inside, accompanied by Wen Jifeng's annoyed voice: "Brother, what are you doing!"

Xu Qing comforted him in a low voice: "Junior brother, don't make trouble, be good, don't move around!"

Wen Jifeng's sword and the scabbard in his hand were directly thrown on the ground by Xu Qing, who was forcibly stripped of his coat by Xu Qing, lying on the bed at this moment, trapped by his senior brother's hands and feet.

"It's okay to wake me up this early in the morning. If I go to another courtyard, I won't cause trouble to Mr. Tao. Junior brother, when you are still young and growing up, it will be good for you to sleep more." Mouth Talking in a persuasive manner, Xu Qing unfastened Wen Jifeng's bun in his hands, and pressed the hairpin under the pillow.With a big wave of his hand, the quilt was pulled over, and after Xuqing was compacted, he rubbed against Wen Jifeng's temples and fell asleep.

Wen Jifeng, who was put into a strange sleeping position, struggled a few times, but he couldn't move like a crab tied with a straw rope.After a long time, Wen Jifeng sighed and closed his eyes.

When the two senior brothers came out again, Dongfang Daliang was already in Chenshi.

Xu Qing said sadly: "I dragged you to sleep because my brother cared about your physique. Who knew that you didn't have a good rest, and during this period of time you still have to exercise and cultivate your internal energy. My brother is very sad."

Wen Jifeng put the long sword on his back, and responded indifferently: "Senior Brother's heart, I understand it. If you don't go to the main room, you may not be able to catch up with breakfast. Brother, do you want to delay?"

Xu Qing's expression froze: "Food is the most important thing for the people, how can we miss it. Junior brother is thin, so he should eat more." After saying that, he dragged Wen Jifeng to the front hall.

When they arrived at the main room, the servant happened to arrange breakfast.Seeing the two of them arriving, Tao Ye, who was at the top, said with a smile, "I was just about to send someone to invite the two nephews. I wonder if you had a good rest last night?"

Xu Qing and Wen Jifeng looked at each other, and answered a few words with a smile.But overnight, the anger in Tao Ye's body became less.It's just that now that Tao Ye is in front of them, and there are many people around, it's not easy for Xu Qing to discuss with Wen Jifeng.He could only pretend that he didn't know anything, and sat down with Tao Ye.

Tao Ran didn't know why, but he hadn't attended yet.

Tao Ye asked kindly, "I was in a hurry yesterday, and I never asked, did senior brother Chongyang mention anything when the two senior nephews came?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "Master just said, let Junior Brother Wen and I come to Jinyuan City to watch the ceremony, and bring the birthday gift here." Seeing Tao Ye's slightly depressed expression, Xu Qing asked, "Could it be that Master Uncle has any difficulties?"

Tao Ye frowned and said, "It's not really a problem, but Jinyuan City has experienced some abnormalities recently, which is very man-made. I was a little worried. When I sent the invitation to Xuanchong Temple, I wrote a letter to tell you about it. .”

"I don't know what the abnormality is?" Wen Jifeng asked.

Tao Ye sighed: "Since three months ago, people in Jinyuan City have frequently died violently for no reason. These people are all strong men in their prime of life. In the last month alone, 16 people died. The county government sent people After questioning, I learned that besides Jinyuan City, such incidents have already happened in several surrounding villages and towns, and the number of people is at least over a hundred."

The expressions of the three of them all became serious. So many people died, and the distribution was very scattered, it was impossible to seek revenge.

Wen Jifeng asked: "Uncle Shi said that it is very human, so what special scars do these people have on their bodies?"

"These people didn't seem to have any scars on their bodies, so at the beginning, the yamen's investigation has not made much progress. Later, they found a wandering Taoist priest from nowhere. This person probably has some skills and found the brains of these dead people. Afterwards, there was a hole the size of a thumb in their hair, and these people were all sucked out of their brains." Tao Ye's words were shocking.

Xu Qing frowned, sucking the brain dry is indeed not something ordinary people can do.

"It sounds like the Taoist priest has some clues. He left the house three days ago, but he didn't hear from him." The sadness in Tao Ye's eyes couldn't be dispelled, "Maybe he knew something, but he was powerless to stop him, so he went first. far away."

Xu Qing reassured: "Master, you don't have to be so worried, the abnormality on the corpse can be found with careful operations. It's just that the dead are big, so most of the yamen's staff didn't think about this. As for the wandering Taoist priest , although there are many disciples in my Taoist school, there are also many people who deceive the world and steal their names. Maybe this person just cheated enough money and escaped, and I don’t know.”

Tao Ye had probably never thought about it this way before, his eyes moved after hearing Xu Qing's words, he glanced at Xu Qing and said: "Maybe it's just what my nephew conjectured. It's just that no matter what kind of statement it is now, there is no evidence to support it. Look Come on, we have to wait for Brother Fu to come and ask him for help."

Xu Qing asked: "This is the alchemy senior that Uncle Tao mentioned yesterday? If it is that senior, maybe he has some ideas."

There was a slight smile on Tao Ye's face: "Yes, counting the time, Brother Fu should arrive today and tomorrow. Nephew Wen will just be there then."

Wen Jifeng nodded, and was about to say something when Tao Ran walked in from the door.Seeing Xuqing and Xuqing, Tao Ran took back what he was going to say, and bowed to them first.

After Xu Qing and the others returned their salutes, Tao Ye said: "The two nephews already know about that matter, but if you have any news, just tell me."

Tao Ran nodded and said, "The one who had the accident yesterday was Li Tuhu from the west of the city, and he was sent to Yizhuang last night. Wu Zuo has already experienced it this morning, just like the previous few people, his brains were sucked dry."

Tao Ye's face darkened a bit, and Tao Ran's tone was anxious: "Father, there have been more and more accidents recently, and the intervals are getting shorter! When will Uncle Fu arrive?"

Tao Ye comforted him: "It will be tomorrow at the latest, please be calm and don't be impatient, and be more prudent." As he said this, Tao Ye's face revealed a bit of anxiety.The most helpless situation is nothing more than this, knowing that the crisis is at hand, but helpless.

Tao Ran looked at Wen Jifeng and Xu Qing, and noticed his eyes, Wen Jifeng still had that indifferent expression, and although Xu Qing had no expression on his face, it always made people feel that the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, It caused Tao Ran to feel somewhat indifferent in his heart.

Throat rolling, Tao Ran's words of asking them to repair books and Xuanchongguan for help lingered on the back of his tongue for a long time, but was finally swallowed.

But never thought, Tao Ran didn't ask, Wen Jifeng took the initiative to say: "I don't know where the Yizhuang is, if it's convenient, can the uncle send someone to take me to see it?"

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows: "Junior Brother, what's so interesting about a few corpses?"

Wen Jifeng said: "Although Jifeng is not good at learning, he may be able to find some other clues from these corpses to solve the current predicament of my uncle. No matter how bad it is, it is better than doing nothing."

The father and son of the Tao family looked at each other, and Tao Ran said: "Since Brother Wen wants to know, you can go with me after breakfast." Then, Tao Ran looked at Xu Qing, "I just don't know that Senior Brother Xu Qing..."

Wen Jifeng said: "Brother, if you don't want to go to this filthy place, you can stay in the mansion."

Xu Qing pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "The sky is big and the earth is big, and the younger brother is the biggest. Of course we have to go. What if something happens to the younger brother without the protection of the older brother."

The Tao family father and son frowned secretly, their faint smiles were too frivolous no matter how they looked at them.The important matter of human life is like a child's play.

Probably several people had something on their minds, except for Xu Qing, several of them ate some hastily without knowing what to eat.I can't wait to go to Yizhuang immediately to find out the truth.Only Xu Qing ate cakes and porridge slowly.

When he finally finished his breakfast, Xu Qing turned a blind eye to Tao Ran who was showing displeasure, and brought Wen Jifeng back to his room to prepare for dinner.

"Senior brother, you don't want to go?" Wen Jifeng followed behind Xu Qing, although Xu Qing had a smile on his face, Wen Jifeng knew early on that this senior brother, like him, rarely showed his emotions on his face.

"Even if we find out the truth, it will not do us any good, and we may even put ourselves in danger. Why would I want to go?" Xu Qing asked back.

Wen Jifeng frowned: "Both of us are cultivators of Taoism. Although we don't care about worldly affairs, it is our duty to do justice for the heavens."

Xu Qing glanced back at Wen Jifeng, and said with a smile: "Junior brother, you are thinking too much, that's why you have so many distracting thoughts in your heart."

Wen Jifeng's eyebrows twitched suddenly, his footsteps paused and he resumed his original pace.

"But when it comes to dusty things... I'm more interested in another thing." Xu Qing said.

"What's the matter?"

"This Uncle Tao practiced as a boy in Xuanchong Temple until he was 27 years old. Later, he was recalled by the Tao family because of his mother's critical illness. Then he heard that his mother had passed away. Even if he came back, Tao The family arranged for him to get married, and after three years of filial piety, he rarely said that he would only be able to marry and have children in his [-]s. How can there be a child as old as Tao Ran?" Xu Qing squinted his eyes and stroked his chin.

Wen Jifeng: "..." Sure enough, we can't expect much from this incomprehensible senior.