Li Xiuyuan suddenly became curious when he saw this beggar boy acting so strangely.
Not only was I curious about his behavior, I was also curious about the bronze mirror in his hand.
"Little brother, what are you looking for with the bronze mirror? If you tell me, I might be able to help you," he said.
The beggar boy was suddenly surprised and said: "Really, are you really willing to help me?"
"Of course, as long as I can help you, I am willing to help you." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
"Great." The beggar boy suddenly became excited: "No one in the village is willing to help me. They all think I'm crazy. But I know I'm not crazy. As long as I can find what the Taoist priest said,
People, the village will be saved."
"Um?"
Li Xiuyuan's expression immediately changed slightly: "A Taoist priest wants you to find someone? Who do you want to find?"
The beggar boy picked up the bronze mirror and said, "Whoever looks into this bronze mirror, if three figures appear, they are the people the Taoist Master is looking for."
"Only one figure can appear in the bronze mirror. How can there be three figures?" Li Xiuyuan felt a little ridiculous.
"But that's what the Taoist priest said." The beggar boy said a little disappointed.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Can you show me the mirror?"
"I can only show it to you for a short time, so don't lose it." The beggar boy reluctantly handed the bronze mirror out.
After Li Xiuyuan took it, he felt that the bronze mirror was cool and slightly heavy, and seemed to be a little different from ordinary bronze mirrors. He picked up the bronze mirror again and took a look at himself. There was no doubt that there was no reflection of himself on it.
"Tieshan, come here."
"Yes, young master." Tieshan walked over.
Li Xiuyuan took a bronze mirror and looked at him. The reflection of Tieshan immediately appeared in the bronze mirror, but there was only one shadow, not to mention three shadows, not even two shadows appeared.
After pondering for a moment, he handed the bronze mirror to the beggar boy and asked: "Why does the Taoist priest want you to find someone who can cast three shadows?"
"The Taoist Master said that only a person with three shadows can kill the monster in the lake in front of our village." The beggar boy mentioned the monster with a mixture of fear and hatred in his eyes.
"Is there a monster in that village over there?" Li Xiuyuan pointed to a village not far away.
He could vaguely see a relatively large lake near the village.
"Yes, there is a very ferocious monster in the lake. It has eaten many people. My second uncle was eaten while swimming, my father was also eaten while fishing, and my mother was also eaten while washing clothes by the lake.
Oh...my four-year-old sister went to fight monsters with a bamboo pole and was eaten too."
When the beggar boy said this, he stood there and cried, wiping his tears while crying.
A four-year-old girl heard that her parents were eaten by monsters, so she went to the lake with a bamboo pole to fight the monsters?
Li Xiuyuan fell silent immediately after hearing this.
"My whole family died, and I wanted revenge. I wanted to kill the monster, so I went to a nearby temple and prayed to the gods, hoping that the gods would open their eyes and accept the monster, but no gods paid attention to me."
The beggar boy cried and said: "Later I met an old Taoist priest. I begged the old Taoist priest to help me kill the monster, but the old Taoist priest said that he was old and not good enough to defeat the monster, so he gave me this side.
The bronze mirror requires me to find someone who can reflect three figures. Only if I find such a person can I deal with the monster."
"Tell me, Taoist Master, he won't lie to me." Suddenly, the beggar boy grabbed Li Xiuyuan with tears and asked.
"People in the village say that the Taoist priest is lying to others. Tell me, is the Taoist priest lying to me?"
Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "The Taoist didn't lie to you. What he said is true. As long as you find a person with three figures, he can help you get rid of the monster. However, the Taoist has not said that the person with three shadows can get rid of the monster.
A person without a shadow can also slay demons."
"Really?" The beggar boy looked at him blankly.
"Of course it's true. Look, I can't see a shadow on it." Li Xiuyuan looked at the mirror again. There was nothing on the bronze mirror, and there was no shadow of him at all.
For this reason, he believed that the old Taoist priest had not deceived the little beggar. Perhaps the old Taoist priest really did not have enough Taoism and weak magic power to deal with this monster, so he could only help him and gave this bronze mirror to him.
Let this young man find capable and ethical help.
"Please, I beg you, please help me kill that monster. As long as you can kill that monster, you can do anything you want me to do."
The beggar boy immediately knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed wildly on the dirt road.
"What are you doing?" Li Xiuyuan's expression changed and he hurriedly helped him up; "You don't need to kowtow, I promise to help you get rid of that monster. Get up, get up quickly."
"Thank you, my benefactor, thank you, my benefactor." The beggar boy cried while wiping his tears.
Li Xiuyuan immediately waved his hand and said: "Everyone, follow me to the village ahead to settle down."
"Yes, young master." The guards under his command immediately took action.
But at this time, Tieshan came over and said in a low voice: "Young master, if there are really monsters in this village, how can we get rid of them? The master's master is no longer in Xiahe Village, and there is no way around the village."
Those who don’t have a shop can’t find eminent monks or Taoist priests.”
"I can't control that much anymore. Let's go to the village first and take a look. We can think of a solution. This monster is dominating the village and eating countless people. If we don't get rid of it, I will feel uneasy." Li Xiuyuan frowned deeply.
He raised his eyebrows.
"But what should I do over there, Master? I'm afraid it will be delayed for a while." Tieshan said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "It doesn't matter. My father is not suffering hardship in Wangchuan Mountain. He is recuperating from his injuries. With Wu Fei, Han Meng and the others taking care of him, nothing will happen. Don't try to persuade me anymore. I will destroy this monster today."
After speaking, he waved his hand.
The convoy continued to move forward.
The beggar boy sat on a carriage and drove slowly towards the village with Li Xiuyuan and others.
Dahu Village!
Before entering the village, I saw an old stone tablet standing beside the village road.
As the motorcade gradually approached, many villagers in the village were already standing in the fields, looking curiously.
"Where's the motorcade coming from? It's very impressive. Look at the horses and people. They're all tall and tall. It can't be a wedding team. There are boxes on the carriages."
"Nonsense. There are still young girls in any village. Some of them got married early."
"Look, isn't that the orphan of Lao Gan's family, Xiao Zangzi? He's sitting in the car."
"I don't know. Could it be that he is a former relative of Lao Gan's family."
The villagers working in the fields started talking about it.
Li Xiuyuan quickly arrived at Dahu Village with his convoy.
As soon as he entered the village, he could see the sparkling, calm and clear lake in front of the village.
However, there are white soul-calling flags planted near the lake, as well as various memorial offerings, as well as various paper money and ashes that have not been blown away. It seems that this calm lake is just like the beggar boy said.
Many people died.
Not only his parents, second uncle, and sister, but also other families in the village may have died.
Nine times out of ten, the stories about demons are true.
"Where is your home?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
The beggar boy’s surname was Gan, and because he was thin and weak, the village called him Xiao Pangzi.
Xiao Zhanzi quickly pointed to a hut not far from the lake and said, "That's my home."
After Li Xiuyuan walked over, he saw that the hut had not been taken care of for a long time. It was in tatters and had a hole in the roof. On windy and rainy days, rainwater dripped into the house, and there was still a puddle of water in the house.
The pit hasn't dried out yet.
"This is where you live?"
He walked in and took a look, only to find that the room was damp and damp, and the corners were already moldy. Green mold covered the walls with a pungent smell.
"Well, I live in that house." Xiao Zhi pointed at the house inside.