"Back to the young master, the little girl was originally the daughter of a gentry family in a certain county in the south. She happened to go out that day and saw a salesman selling goods on the street. She wanted to buy a few things for her daughter's family, but the salesman said she was
He was deceived into a remote alley on the pretense of picking up goods. When the salesman saw no one around, he didn’t know where to start.
I took out a piece of paper talisman somewhere and stuck it on my body. When the little girl reacted, she was no longer a girl, but turned into a goat."
Speaking of this, Qiu Rong couldn't help but feel sad again: "After the little girl turned into a sheep, she was driven all the way by the salesman. She even saw him deceiving other women in the same way. After the salesman drove the little girl to the capital,
By that time, he had deceived more than a dozen women along the way. The salesman
The goats transformed from other women were sold to some dealers, and the prices were extremely high, ranging from tens to hundreds of taels of silver, which was already more than the price of a sheep."
"If you think about it, little girl, those who bought sheep must have known that these sheep were transformed by humans, so they were willing to spend money to buy them. When the salesman was about to sell the little girl today, the little girl ran out while the salesman was negotiating the price.
Occasionally, I saw a temple here on the road, so I wanted to ask the eminent monk for help.
The rescuer just ran to Xiangguo Temple."
"Fortunately, I met the Young Master later and was rescued by the Young Master and was able to recover."
Qiu Rong recounted what happened to her.
The sheep seller is the salesman.
On the pretext of selling his daughter's goods, he traveled between towns in the south, cast a spell to turn the pretty woman into a goat, and then drove her to the capital to sell her goods far away from the woman's hometown.
In fact, the matter is not complicated, it's just that the sheep dealer has mastered the heretical technique of abducting beautiful women with magic.
After listening to this, Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "Since ancient times, there have been human traffickers of women and girls in all dynasties, but all dynasties have imposed severe punishments and issued strict laws. Such people will be severely punished. If they are caught
, you don’t even need to report to the official, and it’s not a crime to kill you. The same goes for the Song Dynasty.
In this way, Miss Qiurong, your experience is worthy of sympathy, but there are still other women who have been victimized. Since this matter happened to me, I will not ignore it."
"I have sent ghosts and gods to arrest the sheep seller. As expected, there will be news in the near future. Before that, I hope Miss Qiurong can stay in the capital for a few days. After this matter is over, I
I will send someone from the Shunfeng Escort Agency to take you home. There will be people from the Escort Agency to escort you. Girl, you won’t be able to do anything on the way.
What happened?"
Qiurong was grateful and said: "The little girl is unfamiliar with the place in the capital and has no one to rely on. Thanks to the young master for rescuing me, I will obey the young master's arrangements in everything."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Don't worry, Miss Qiurong. You can write a letter later and I will send someone to take you home to make sure you are safe first, or you can ask your family to come to the capital to pick you up. You have the final say in everything."
, it’s getting late now. Miss Qiurong has been running around and working hard for many days. I’m afraid
If you are tired both physically and mentally, it’s better to rest early.”
Qiurong nodded.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the yard, but then he remembered that there were only two bedrooms in the backyard, one for him and one for the female ghost Xiao Xie.
"But there's one thing I'm a little sorry about. Miss Qiurong, you've seen the situation in this escort agency. The front yard is where the people from the escort agency live. The backyard is quite clean. Over there is a girl named Xiao Xie.
The wing room is also where I live temporarily. If Miss Qiurong doesn't mind, can I
Sharing a room with this little girl Xie? Of course, if Miss Qiurong minds, I can send someone to take her to the nearest inn to rest."
"Thanks to the relationship, young master, my little lady is willing to live in the same room as that little girl Xie." Qiurong said without thinking.
After she turned into a sheep, she saw too many evil people. After finally being saved, she still dared to walk around randomly.
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Then I'll ask Miss Xie for her opinion, and ask Miss Qiurong to wait for a moment."
After he finished speaking, he walked to the opposite room and knocked on the door.
"Is Miss Xie in the house? It's Li Xiuyuan."
The house was quiet and quiet, with the doors and windows closed for a long time, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
But a moment later, candlelight suddenly lit up in the room, and a shadow was projected on the door and window. Judging from the shape of the shadow, it was the figure of a woman.
"Is it Mr. Li?" Xiao Xie's voice sounded, the shadow moved, and Yingying gave a salute: "Young lady, you are polite. I wonder why Mr. Li knocked on the door so early to visit?"
Li Xiuyuan told the story about the Qiurong girl, and then said: "If you don't disturb me, can you let this Qiurong girl stay for a few nights?"
Xiao Xie sighed quietly after hearing Qiurong's experience: "I didn't expect this girl to be so pitiful. Fortunately, I met Mr. Li. Otherwise, I don't know where I would have been living. It's just my situation Mr. Li
Thinking about it, I know that the difference in status will be the same if you live together with me.
Not a good thing."
"It's just a temporary stay for a few days. I will send it back to my hometown soon. There will be no problem." Li Xiuyuan said.
He knows that there is a difference between humans and ghosts.
Humans and ghosts cannot get along together, otherwise they will easily get sick.
But it doesn't matter if it's just for a few days. Moreover, Qiurong has also been to Xiangguo Temple and has been exposed to the aura of Buddhism, so it won't be a problem to resist Xiao Xie's Yin Qi for a few days.
"Then please invite this girl Qiurong to come in."
Suddenly, a gust of cool wind blew, and I saw the door bolt behind the door fell down, and no one opened the wooden door.
After the door opened, he saw a feminine and beautiful woman standing inside the door, looking at Li Xiuyuan with a pair of beautiful eyes.
"Miss Qiurong, please go in and rest. I will go back to the house to rest first. I won't disturb you anymore." Li Xiuyuan saluted and immediately turned and left.
But Xiao Xie said: "Young Master Li, are you leaving just now? Does my identity scare you so much, Mr. Li?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I don't feel scared, but Miss Xie should let go of some of her obsessions. The ghosts and gods under my command have begun to settle in the capital, and Miss Xie, the two gods of cows and horses, should also have
You see, their job is to capture those who stay in the human world
Wrong ghosts are evil, so after things in the capital calm down, I think I won’t have much time left for you, Miss Xie.”
After saying that, he went back to his room to rest.
When Xiao Xie saw Li Xiuyuan returning to his room, he sighed again: "Why is there a man like you in the world? It would be great if you were an ordinary scholar, but I don't know where I learned how to catch ghosts and eliminate demons."
ability."
Then she looked at Qiurong and said, "If it weren't for Young Master Li's personal plea, I would not have allowed you to live with me."
Qiurong lowered her eyes and did not refute.
"Oh, I am willful. How can I make things difficult for you? Come in quickly. It's a little cold outside at night."
"Thank you so much, Miss Xie." Qiurong said with a salute.
"You're welcome. This is Mr. Li's residence. I'm just here to stay. If you want to thank me, just thank Mr. Li. I don't deserve your gratitude." Xiao Xie said.
When Qiu Rong walked into the bedroom, she looked around.
But she saw that the furniture and furnishings in the house were very old, as if they had been left there for decades. The wood paint in some places was mottled and peeling. If it weren't for the fact that the place was clean and spotless, she would have suspected that she had walked into an abandoned place.
The house has been the same for decades.
"You can go to the side room to rest. There are no servants here to serve others. If you have any problems, just deal with it yourself." Xiao Xie said.
But at this time.
Li Xiuyuan has fallen asleep.
But that day he had another dream.
It's been a while since the last time I had a dream.
It was still a continuation of the dream from last time. In the dream, he was in a peach forest. The houses here were like-looking and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Everything was familiar yet strange.
Li Xiuyuan stood in front of a blacksmith shop like last time.
An old blacksmith was repairing a broken sword, hammering it with hammer after hammer, and then putting it into the furnace for calcination.
There is no fire in the stove, only a small flame.
The temperature cannot burn the blade red, and hitting it with a hammer can deform the blade.
"Old man, you can't repair the blade by beating it like this. You need to increase the temperature of the fire and add other iron and iron into the blade to re-forge the blade." Li Xiuyuan reminded.
The old blacksmith smiled and said: "Of course I know, but there is only one blacksmith shop here. The iron materials have been used up and can no longer be found."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Can't you find it elsewhere?"
"You can't find it anywhere else, but you have a piece in your hand." said the old blacksmith.
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he suddenly looked down and saw that he was holding a stone in his hand. It was golden and eye-catching.
Before he could speak, the old blacksmith continued to sigh: "Even your piece is not enough. You have to find another piece."
"Then where should I look?" Li Xiuyuan was about to ask.
Suddenly, the sound of a golden rooster crowing sounded next to my ears.
In an instant, his eyes opened and he woke up from his dream.
"I'm dreaming again, it's the same dream." Li Xiuyuan frowned and rubbed his head: "But no matter how much I want to recall, I can't remember what happened in the dream. It's weird, weird. Should I go find the master another day?
Ask?"
"Chuck, cluck~!"
Suddenly, at this time, a thunderous cry suddenly sounded outside the door. For some unknown reason, this big red rooster banged against his door, looking very impatient, as if something had happened.
"Why are you making such a fuss so early in the morning?" Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to get up and open the door.
He cast a magic spell outside the door to create a prison on the ground, and no matter how smart the thunder god was, he would not be able to break in.
As soon as the door opened, he immediately smelled a fishy smell, like mutton.
The smell was so strong that Li Xiuyuan immediately frowned.
wrong.
This is the smell left by water ghosts.
He strode out, and when he just went out, he saw wet footprints left by the steps of his door. It seemed that someone had walked around his door several times last night.
Looking at the yard, there were actually dense wet footprints, and there were some ashes scattered in the corners of the yard.
Like the ashes left after burning paper.
"A group of ghosts came to the door last night." Li Xiuyuan's expression changed slightly.
He slept soundly last night and was still dreaming. He had no idea what was happening outside.