Volume 1, Five Elements, Chapter 15, Mid-mountain Demonic Qi
After the rain, the air in the old Huai family house was fresh. Huai Ruogu looked at the little grandson in front of him, his eyes full of soft light...
Huai Zheng'an is twenty-seven years old. He was admitted to Yunzhong Academy last year. It can be seen that he is excellent in both civil and military affairs and is a leader among the younger generation. More importantly, Huai Zheng'an is an upright person and does not rub dirt in his eyes.
"Zheng'an, I heard that you recently helped Old Liangtou from Chengnan find his lost granddaughter. I don't know how it went."
"Back to my grandfather, my grandson is incompetent..."
Huai Ruogu looked at his grandson who was blushing and couldn't help but smile: "My grandfather is famous today not because he did everything well. It's because he did his best."
"If you can't find Cui'er, then you have to learn to do the next best thing and help the elderly with food and clothing first. And that small courtyard is ultimately heartbreaking..."
Huai Zheng'an bowed and said, "Thank you, grandpa, for your teaching."
Huai Ruogu smiled and nodded, stood up and looked out the window at the Huai family's old house, and said: "A person's power is limited after all. If you want to help more people, you have to go higher and seek greater power.
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"Grandpa doesn't want you to be trapped in the one-third of an acre of land in front of you, because there are as many suffering people in the world as a drizzle..."
Huai Zheng'an bowed in response, but he felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. What his grandfather said was true, but he didn't like a single word in his grandfather's words.
"Planning" also means "strategy". If it were replaced by "taking", Huai Zheng'an felt that it was suitable for him.
Huaizhengan left his old house and went straight to Qingshui Fang...
Old Liangtou was already a little confused, and his words had no beginning or end, but it was the man from the main house's family who let Cui Qi know something.
Cui'er is twenty-eight years old, a handsome girl with hard-working hands and feet. Yesterday she went to pick fruits outside the city and never came back.
In fact, Old Man Liang’s family is not the only one to have lost pretty girls in Qingshui Square. After the Chinese New Year, they have been missing every month.
Some disappeared after leaving the city. Some disappeared after getting up at night. The Huai family also helped search for them, and even invited shops from the next county to help check.
The result is the same, no one is alive or dead, no corpses are seen, and in the end nothing happens.
Xuanyuan Banxia frowned and said, "Is it just this year?"
The man frowned and said softly: "It's actually been a few years, but the people in Qingshui Fang don't want to mention it."
Cui Qi suddenly asked: "Where is it outside Qingshui Fang?"
The man smiled, a bit bitterly.
"The strange thing is that here, except for us poor people who want to be naturalized. Outside of Qingshui Fang, we won't lose anything if we don't close our doors at night, let alone the living people."
Xuanyuan Banxia stood up, threw down five taels of gold, and said, "My eldest brother is a warm-hearted and practical person. These taels of silver should be enough for Old Man Liang to live his old life. As for the rest, eldest brother can also buy two new clothes for the children."
The man hurriedly stood up and waved his hands and said: "I can't do it, I can't do it. Don't say that Mr. Liang is going to move out of Qingshui Fang. Even if he doesn't move, having one more mouth will consume a lot of money."
Cui Qi frowned and said, "What's the point of moving out of Qingshui Fang?"
The man smiled bitterly and said: "Let me tell you something that the nobles don't want to hear. Except for the old uncle Liang's family who has grandparents and grandchildren, those families have many children and cannot afford to raise them. They wish they could lose their daughters. As long as they lose them, they can move out of Qingshui."
If you move to other streets, you can still get a big house and money."
After Xuanyuan Banxia heard what the man said, he couldn't help but said coldly: "Huai Shi can't find anyone, so he will use these to stop the people's mouths. Huai Ruogu really knows how to be a good person."
The man's expression changed and he hurriedly said: "I dare not say that. Saint..."
"A villain's heart is used to judge a gentleman's heart. Some people always have evil thoughts in their hearts. Such people are not welcomed by the Huai family, nor are they welcomed by the village." A cold snort suddenly came from the yard.
When Cui Qi and others walked out of the house, they saw a young man with a straight nose and a square mouth. However, the man's face looked very ugly at this time.
Xuanyuan Banxia said coldly: "Why, I think what I said is wrong. I have wronged Huairuogu."
The young man's eyes seemed to be on fire, and he said angrily: "My grandfather is a man who can be learned by heaven and earth, and can be known by the people. How can he be slandered by Xiaoxiao with just a few lies?"
Cui Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "It turns out he is the son of the Huai family. I think it may be a misunderstanding..."
Cui Qi originally planned to make peace with Xini, but he heard Xuanyuan Pinellia beside him say coldly: "There is no misunderstanding. People know that the mirror of heaven and earth is just the outer layer of golden paint. When the golden paint peels off, the Bodhisattva may be a man-eating ghost.
It can be known.”
I saw the man suddenly bowed and saluted and said: "Mr. Huai, Huai Zheng'an, I am willing to use my sword to clear my grandfather's name. I also ask the girl to give me some advice."
Cui Qi was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to stop the cold-faced beauty who was about to draw his sword at the slightest disagreement. He turned around and looked at Huai Zheng'an and said: "The sword can only prove strength and weakness, but it cannot distinguish between good and evil. Mr. Huai, if you do this, you can pray for peace."
Do you feel at ease here? A sage convinces others with his virtue, how can a young master want to convince others with his strength?"
Huai Zheng'an looked very cold, frowning and said: "The mouth is the door to the heart. If this woman speaks rudely, her mind is not right. You need to give me an explanation..."
Xuanyuan Banxia interrupted in a cold voice: "You want to explain, fine. Wait until I peel off Huairuogu's human skin with my own hands, and let you see whether the person under the skin is a human or a ghost."
Huai Zheng'an snorted coldly: "I can wait, but I don't know how long I have to wait."
"Within three days, I will let you see it." With that said, Xuanyuan Banxia strode out of the small courtyard without looking back...
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At noon, the sun is hot. To the east of the city, there is the Yunling Mountains.
Cui Qi looked at the purple-clothed figure walking up the stone steps and said with a wry smile: "How could you do this on someone else's territory, in front of the Huai family, with your mouth like a knife?"
Xuanyuan Pinellia turned back and said: "I just want to tell Huairuogu that the things he did can be hidden from heaven and earth, but they cannot be hidden from me, Xuanyuan Pinellia."
Cui Qi shook his head and said, "If you want to lure a snake out of its hole, you have to see if we have the ability to catch snakes."
Xuanyuan Banxia turned around and said, "You are scared."
Cui Qi looked up at the stone steps leading to the Huai family's ancestral hall and said with a wry smile: "Even if you are sure that the secrets of the Huai family are hidden in the ancestral hall, have you ever thought about digging up people's ancestral graves? If the secret is revealed, what will happen to Huai's family?"
Does Ruogu still care about your identity as the demon princess?"
Xuanyuan Banxia said coldly: "Even the gods cannot tolerate monsters. Do you think those who can reach the sky will care about the identity of the saint in the village? So, as long as the secrets of the Huai clan are revealed, someone will naturally deal with them.
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Cui Qi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I seem to have boarded a pirate ship. Do you still want to get off the ship now?"
Xuanyuan Banxia glanced at the foot of the mountain, suddenly smiled and said: "If you look back, can you still get off the boat?"
Cui Qi turned his head and saw three figures coming towards the ancestral hall quickly. His expression changed and he said seriously: "If you are wrong in your judgment and cannot find the things inside, they will smash our bones and scatter our ashes."
Xuanyuan Banxia said: "Then move faster, if you go slower, I'm afraid I won't have a chance."
Cui Qi looked at the purple-clothed beauty who was heading towards the ancestral hall, turned around and whispered: "You two should enter the Yunling Mountains now, make a circle and rush to Yunzhong City to wait for me. Don't worry, your heads won't die that easily... "
Just as he was talking, suddenly a loud roar came from the bottom of the mountain.
"Your Highness, Princess, that is the forbidden land of the White family. If you don't know how to advance or retreat, you will make a big mistake..."
Expose someone without exposing their shortcomings, hit someone without slapping someone in the face, let alone dig up someone's ancestral grave. This is a greater hatred than killing one's father and seizing his wife, and it is not much different from the extermination of one's race.
It stands to reason that for such a big thing, the Huai family should use the efforts of the entire family. But only the third brother is here, is this making a fuss out of a molehill?
Cui Qi doesn't think it's a trivial matter. There are three masters in a family. Even if they are placed in Daqianlong City, they are a proper aristocratic family. No one dares to provoke them easily.
Now that all the three masters of the same sect have arrived, it is a life-or-death situation. After taking away Tieshan and the three donkeys, Cui Qi also risked his life and went crazy with the crazy woman in front of him just to shake off his family fortune.
Cui Qi caught up with Xuanyuan Banxia and said, "The gamble is big. If you play small, we will sleep in the same hole."
Xuanyuan Banxia pulled off her blindfold and said with a smile: "You are already very beautiful, so don't think about it being too beautiful. I am a princess, and you are just a fake prince."
Cui Qi frowned and said, "What I said was not a joke. Why are you still in the mood to joke? Don't you always keep a straight face and don't smile?"
Xuanyuan Banxia smiled and said: "I don't usually laugh, but I have to laugh now. What if I don't have the chance to laugh in the future."
Although Xuanyuan Banxia was smiling, her speed became faster and faster. Obviously, she was not as relaxed as she seemed on the surface.
The stone steps reached the end in a blink of an eye. The two of them looked up and saw a large house halfway up the mountain. It was the Yin Mansion, the residence of the ancestors of the Huai family.
"It's so big, even if I brought the Dead Soldiers' Camp here, I wouldn't be able to dig it out in half a month." Cui Qi said in shock.
Xuanyuan Banxia rolled her eyes at Cui Qi and said with a smile: "Follow me. Do you know why the God Emperor accepted me as his adopted daughter?"
Cui Qi followed Xuanyuan Banxia, looked at her perky butt and shook his head: "I don't know."
"Do you know why I am the special admissions student of Yunzhong College?"
"I don't know."
"Know……"
Before Xuanyuan Banxia finished speaking, he heard a voice behind him saying, "I don't know." He couldn't help but turn around and said with a smile, "Not only am I proficient in the Record of Ten Thousand Demons, but I also have a demon spirit physique that has not been seen in thousands of years."
Cui Qi made a sad face, but still shook his head and said: "What is the record of ten thousand demons, and what is the physique of demon spirits? What you said is equivalent to not saying it."
After hearing Cui Qi's words, Xuanyuan Banxia was very surprised. She frowned and said, "How come you don't know anything? Is it possible that your abilities are innate?"
Cui Qi shook his head and said, "I have a master."
Xuanyuan Banxia kept walking, but stared at Cui Qi's face with a pair of blood-colored vertical pupils. After a while, he said: "Your master has a grudge against you."
Cui Qi shook his head, but then nodded: "No grudge, it's just that he always wanted to kill me or be killed by me."
Xuanyuan Banxia smiled and said: "It's very interesting. I must meet your master if I have the chance."
Cui Qi frowned and said, "That's something to talk about later, let's talk about it first."
Xuanyuan Banxia nodded and said: "When the demon spirit's physique is broken by the Divine Emperor's Nine Dragons, you can see the demonic aura. You can also communicate with strange beasts at close range. Before I entered the city, I had already seen the demonic aura covering half of the mountain. On top of the mountain village.”
