"We also want to stay overnight. Is there any spare room at uncle's house?"

The voice, as clear as a mountain spring, extinguished the anxiety and restlessness in the middle-aged man's heart.

He turned his head, and what jumped into his field of vision was a young woman wearing a pearl white shirt. Her hair was tied up with black hair, and two ice-colored ribbons hung down. She looked heroic and refreshing, but she also had curved eyebrows.

A warm smile can easily make people feel good.

"I was so offended just now. I hope the girl won't blame you." The middle-aged man clasped his fists and was very kind. How could he not be as frightened and frightened as when he called her "Goddess of Heaven"?

He smiled and said: "I have something to do, and I am guarding the town in the evening. My home is simple, but it is still spacious. If you don't mind it, you can go to a humble place to rest for a while."

Seeing that he didn't dare to take another look at her, Zhiying turned her head subconsciously, and saw that Little Golden Crow's eyes were threatening, looking at Xi Youwei with a murderous look, and she sent a message: "Do you want to sleep on the streets or in the wilderness?"

"The wilderness is better than being infected by the turbid air of mortals." Little Golden Crow held his breath seriously.

Zhi Ying narrowed his eyes: "If you don't stay at his house, how would you know the origin of this 'Tiannu Empress'?"

She was very curious about this soul-absorbing 'Goddess Empress'. What kind of spirit was so courageous that she dared to do such unjust things in the name of the Goddess?

Little Golden Crow smiled half-heartedly: "You want to see if she looks similar to you, if she is your relative, and take her back to heaven with you?"

Zhiying's face was green and red: "Did you take the wrong medicine? Do I have any relatives here? My relatives have long been..."

He didn't say any more, but Xiao Jinwu still looked attentive and looked very embarrassed.

Zhiying closed the corners of his mouth, turned his head angrily, and smiled reluctantly at Xi Youwei: "Thank you, Uncle Xi, please lead the way."

Xi Youwei glanced at the group of people over there who were flying in the dust and dancing with fists and feet, and sighed sadly: "They...hey! Forget it, just follow me!"

He raised his hand in a gesture of invitation and led the two of them, Zhiying, Little Golden Crow, and Yunshui's Lin Xuan to a house with gray tiles and white walls, green grass and trees, and a house as quiet as a deep valley.

Invite a few people to sit down in the hall, serve tea, and say their names to each other. Xi Youwei smiled and said: "Please sit down for a while. The eldest sister has already led someone to clean the guest room. After the tea, you can take a rest."

Already."

Lin Xuan replied politely: "You are very polite at the table."

Zhiying took a sip of tea. The tea soup was turbid in color, and an old bitterness filled his lips and teeth after drinking it, making his face distorted.

She resisted the urge to pout, put the tea cup back on the table, and gave Xi Youwei a calm smile: "I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Xi. I wonder why I was treated as a goddess on the street just now? I

Is she similar to the goddess from that day? What is the background of this goddess?"

Xi Youwei's expression changed as he talked about it, he leaned forward slightly, raised his hand and pressed it down, and said in a fearful voice: "Girl, be careful what you say!"

Little Golden Crow sneered slightly, while Zhiying smiled calmly, like the infuriating lamp that would not go out in the dead of night: "It doesn't matter, she can't hear it, and I won't let her hear it. Uncle Xi just says it."

The hall was extremely quiet, with unknown low-quality incense burning on the black lacquer table, which made people feel depressed. However, the clear voice of the woman was like a gust of wind after the rain, blowing away the gloom and bringing a slight sense of relaxation.

The smell of green grass.

Inexplicably, Xi Youwei felt relieved and told him what he knew.

"Speaking of it, I don't know where this Goddess Empress comes from. Even my ancestors from the previous generation and further up don't know about it. It seems that the Temple of the Goddess Empress has been there since we lived here.

Standing in Xishou Town.

“When some townspeople saw the statue of the Goddess of Heaven with its beautiful face and fluttering clothes, they thought it was a god with mysterious origins, and the Temple of the Goddess of Heaven gradually became popular.

"Until one year there was a flood, and everyone was helpless, they thought of the Goddess of Heaven, so that they could sacrifice three animals and hold a Dharma meeting in the Goddess Temple. Surprisingly, after that, the floods receded quickly, and the plague caused by the floods also

Relief was obtained in the shortest time.

"Since then, the incense in Tiannv Temple has become more prosperous, and many foreign visitors have heard this strange news and come to pay homage and offer incense. It was also the most lively period in Xishou Town..."

Zhi Ying fiddled with the tassels on her waist without saying a word. Lin Xuan seemed to be very interested and listened attentively. However, Xiao Jinwu shook off the messy tassels and glanced at Xi Youwei with a sharp gaze.

past.

"You have said such a long article just to say that the statue of the Goddess of Heaven has deep spirituality. What we want to ask is its origin. If you don't know, don't talk nonsense, talk about changes, and talk about how your Xishou Town became like this.

So lifeless!"

Faced with Xiao Jinwu's rudeness, Xi Youwei felt a little embarrassed on his face, but Zhiying was silent, and Lin Xuan listened with interest. He suppressed the heat on his face and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, that's it.

."

He took a big sip of the cooled tea before continuing: "Two years ago, some children in the town were playing near the Tiannv Temple. When a heavy rain came, they ran into the Tiannv Temple to take shelter.

"On the second day, when the children's elders found them, all the boys had lost their breath. The remaining two girls hugged each other and huddled under the incense table, foolishly. From their intermittent words, everyone could understand

For a reason.

"It turns out that the children were young and ignorant. When they saw the beautiful statue of the Goddess of Heaven, they climbed up to touch it. The Goddess of Heaven became angry, stripped their souls from their bodies, and made them into children.

"The gods are supreme, how can they be offended at will? The townspeople believed it to be true and thought the matter was over. Unexpectedly, from then on, townspeople often disappeared. When they returned home a few days later, they were all skinny and skinny, with sunken eyes, as if they had been sucked.

It's like dried flesh and blood. When asked why, I can't remember anything..."

Speaking of this, Zhi Ying thought of someone and couldn't help but interrupt him and asked: "What happened to the seventh lady's husband? Did he lose his life because of this?"

"The girl is talking about Wu Ming, right? He was the first person to disappear. He was in a daze when he returned home, and he disappeared within seven days."

Zhiying was stunned: "Less than seven days?"

"Yes! Douzi was just one year old at that time, and it was the most clingy time. Unexpectedly, she didn't even have time to call daddy... Qi Niangzi's parents and brothers tried to persuade her to remarry, but she refused.

Under the care of him, he stretched the bean to this size all by himself."

Xi Youwei's eyes were full of compassion, as if he felt the same.

Xiao Jinwu looked at him as if he were a fool, and said bluntly: "Don't you think there is something wrong with that Heavenly Lady? Why do you still treat her like a god and be in awe of her?"

"Oh, why don't you have any suspicion? After the same thing happened several times in a row, I invited the famous goddess from the next town to come and see..."

Xi Youwei paused, looked up and saw three pairs of eyes staring at him intently, one of which was spitting out two groups of flames that were about to come out. He gritted his teeth and said: The goddess held the whisk in her arms and walked around the Temple of the Goddess, and was

The divine thunder from the sky struck him to death on the spot, and even his bones were charred as black as charcoal!"

Little Golden Crow spat: "You deserve it! Goddess, what a ghost! Killing her to death is an advantage for her!"

"Why don't you invite those experts?" This time Lin Xuan, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

Xi Youwei smiled bitterly: "Those who have achieved Taoism all live far away in fairy mountains and spiritual places. How can we, a mere country folk, climb up there? There are wandering Taoists who are passing by here and are invited by the townspeople to do the practice. None of those people can

They didn’t end up like the townspeople who disappeared in the past, but they were just trying to defraud some money.”

"Those Taoists are not dead?" Zhi Ying asked seriously.

Xi Youwei nodded: "He was driven out of Xishou Town by the townspeople."

"In other words, except for the few boys who went to the Tiannv Temple to take shelter from the rain and Wu Ming, no one else died?"

Xi Youwei nodded again.
Chapter completed!