The man guarding the child took the rope that tied Tong Yan, roughly pushed him into the house, slammed the door, and locked it. When he turned around, he muttered, "He is a sensible person, and he is not noisy at all."
Tong Yan ignored the people outside the door and used the faint moonlight to observe the layout of the room. It was a warehouse filled with miscellaneous items. Five or six children were squatting in a corner, seemingly asleep.
Most of the children have been sent away, and I don't know if Yuan Jin and the others can find them and bring them back.
There was only one exit in the house, the door, and the windows were boarded up. It seemed that she would just have to hold on to this door for a while.
Tong Yan pulled the buckles to loosen his bonds, and walked over to check on the sleeping children. They must have been given a drowsy drug, so they didn't wake up without such a big movement.
She found a place guarding the gate and sat down, waiting quietly for Yuan Jin and the others to take action.
Soon there was the sound of fighting in the front yard, which alerted the guard at the door, followed by the sound of footsteps leaving in a hurry. Someone should have gone to the front to inquire about the situation.
After a while, several panicked footsteps stepped into the yard, and one person said angrily: "That son of a bitch Zhao Wuyong has rebelled! He brought the official officials here."
"What!"
"Zhao Wuyong rebelled?! What happened?"
"Stop talking nonsense, Second Master told us to hurry up and leave here immediately."
"This is what to do with the goods locked inside."
What should I do? A fierce light flashed in the man's eyes, he picked up a nearby torch and threw it on the roof. The dry hut instantly caught fire. He sneered and said: "I'm not going to have a good time, and these little bastards have no chance of living. Let's go!"
By the time Tong Yan realized the fire, it was already too late. The weather was the driest in summer, and the fire spread quickly. The fire on the roof had already burned the front door.
Tong Yan jumped up in shock and kicked the wooden board. The door panel fell outwards, which also caused a corner of the roof to collapse. The fire immediately surrounded her and the child in a corner.
"You're stupid, at such a critical time!" Tong Yan was annoyed, how could this dilapidated thatched house withstand her strong kick.
There was too much fire at the door and he couldn't get out. Tong Yan ran to try to wake up the children, but he didn't know whether it was because he drank too much medicine or inhaled too much smoke and dust.
"What are they doing? Why haven't they come yet? We are all going to be burned to death and we haven't come to save them yet!"
Tong Yan felt extremely regretful and impulsively agreed to help, now he was about to get involved.
Even if she has the strength to beat up someone, she is still powerless in the face of fire.
The indestructible body does not mean that she is invulnerable to water and fire. Even if she cannot be burned to death, she can still be choked to death.
Tong Yan frowned, used a wooden stick to lift away nearby flammable objects and fire sources, and looked around to find a suitable exit.
At this time, a light rain suddenly started falling in the sky. The raindrops became heavier and heavier, making Tong Yan unable to open his eyes. Within a few minutes, the fire was completely extinguished and the rain stopped.
Tong Yan stared blankly at the wreckage with a wooden stick, unable to realize what was going on.
Escaped from death? The sky has eyes?
"Little girl, what are you doing? Why don't you throw those children out?" An old voice came from afar.
After regaining consciousness, Tong Yan hurriedly lifted the children out and put them on the ground, but noticed that the ground under their feet was dry.
Has it ever rained so strangely?
Before I had time to think about it, a person flew from the darkness and landed not far away.
Tong Yan looked up and was surprised.
Before she could say anything, Yuan Jin and Li Ran arrived with several detectives.
Tong Yan looked at the two of them expressionlessly.
hehe!
md, what about the personal protection you mentioned?
Do you dare to show up ten minutes earlier instead of waiting for everything to be over before rushing in to end it! Do you dare!!
Yuan Jin and the others were shocked when they saw the half-burned hut and Tong Yan in a state of embarrassment. Apparently they did not expect that the traffickers would set fire to it.
Yuan Jin immediately ordered other detectives to check on the children and asked them to take them to the waiting carriage outside.
"Sorry! We are late." Yuan Jin said guiltily.
Tong Yan glanced at him and snorted angrily: "Haha."
Yuan Jin knew he was in the wrong and didn't say much. Li Ran glanced at the children who were fine, then looked at the old man aside, his face full of surprise.
"Third Senior Uncle, why are you here?!"
The fortune teller smiled kindly at Tong Yan and then said to Li Ran: "I passed by this place when I was traveling. Which junior brother are you a disciple of?"
Li Ran answered respectfully: "This junior is Li Ran, a disciple of Taoist Qingfeng."
The fortune teller nodded and stopped talking to Li Ran. He walked up to Tong Yan and gave her a smile that looked very familiar to her.
"Little girl, I see that you have a wonderful skeleton and are a prodigy in martial arts. I wonder if you would like to become my teacher?"
Tong Yan:……
Li Ran: Master is still obsessed with finding an apprentice.
…
Yuan Jin will handle the rest of the matter, and it has nothing to do with Tong Yan.
However, I also learned about the follow-up from Li Ran.
Master Yan knew that Zhao Wuyong had rebelled, so he broke his leg before the police arrived. Other dens in the county were subsequently eliminated one by one, and those caught were punished by law.
The children who were sent away early were chased back and sent to their parents together with other children.
But what I didn't expect was that the child was not chased back by the police, but Li Ran's third uncle, a man who cleared the channel.
It is said that they met a carriage carrying children outside the city and rescued them. They learned about the den from the traffickers on the carriage and rushed over to rescue them in time.
Thinking of the sudden rain that night, Tong Yan felt a mixture of joy and sorrow.
Fortunately, the people who clean up channels really have two tools.
What I worry about is whether she will be seen as a foreign soul, which will lead to the idea of taking her in.
Tong Yan hesitated, but Li Ran diligently arranged an inn for the two of them.
Needless to say, Tong Yan also knew that the people in Qingdao must already know her difference.
Tong Yan didn't understand why he didn't help her check her body, but instead asked them to stay and follow him.
"Taoist priest, when are you going to check it for me? We have been living here for several days."
The man who cleared the channel stroked his beard and said slowly: "Don't worry, the time has not come yet, but you don't have to worry, there is no ghost energy in you, and naturally there is no theory of being possessed by evil spirits or resentful spirits. What you guessed is attracting ghosts."
Most of the magic is fake."
"real?"
"Naturally, people who come into contact with ghosts will definitely be contaminated with ghost energy. The stronger the ghost they come into contact with, the stronger the ghost energy will be. If it is true as you said that you have thousands of evil ghosts in your body, then why don't you see any ghost energy? Poor Taoist.
I have been dealing with ghosts for decades, so there is no doubt that there is something fishy about you."
Having said this, Tong Yan had no choice but to wait patiently for the opportunity that the channel person said.
There is another annoying thing bothering Tong Yan recently, that is Su Mu is angry.
The kind that can’t be coaxed!
After staying in the inn for a few days, Su Mu didn't say a word to her, and Tong Yan didn't seem to hear her when he talked to him. Every day, delicious food and fun were brought to Su Mu, but not a single smile appeared on her face.
reason?
Tong Yan was not sure. This situation started when she came back from the trafficker's den. She thought that Su Mu was angry because she didn't take him with her and scolded him for it.
She explained to Su Mu, but he still didn't calm down.
"Su Mu, are you losing your temper if you don't talk to me? What did I do to offend you?" Tong Yan couldn't help but ask after failing to please him again by giving him something.
Su Mu stared at Tong Yan's hair and turned a deaf ear to the sounds in his ears.
Tong Yan knew that Su Mu was listening but deliberately pretended not to hear, and said angrily, "Tell me what dissatisfaction you have. If you don't tell me, how will I know what you are angry about? How did I offend you? I want you to keep using cold words on me."
Violence."
Su Mu finally looked back at her, curled his lips and said aggrievedly: "Do you listen to what I said? When I told you what I thought, you just thought I didn't understand anything, and you were making trouble unreasonably. Since it's useless what I said, then
I won’t say anything anymore.”
Finally willing to communicate, Tong Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said patiently: "Tell me now what I did to make you so angry."
Su Mu walked to Tong Yan, raised his hand and touched his shoulder-length hair, and whispered, "Your hair is so short. It used to be very long."
Sumu's eyes were red as he thought of Tong Yan's embarrassed appearance that day, "That day when you came back, your clothes were burned, your hair was burnt, and your face was dark. I almost didn't recognize you at that time."
Her hair was originally waist-length, but a fire almost cooked her, so she couldn't be in the mood to worry about her hair.
"My hair...will grow long in two years." Tong Yan felt a little guilty for no reason.
"The important thing is not whether it can grow back." Su Mu angrily looked at her indifferent expression, holding back the words in his heart and said clearly, "If your hair is gone, it can grow back. If you lose it, where will I find you?"
"
"You knew the danger and asked people to stop me from following. Then why did you agree to do such a dangerous thing? When you agreed so readily, did you ever think that I would be worried?" Su Mu's voice became louder and louder.
, shouted out at the end.
Tong Yan was speechless and looked at Su Mu blankly.
"Have you ever thought about what I would do if something happens to you this time?"
"Become that evil star that everyone hates again, killing all the orphans close to people."
"Yanyan, I'm ten years old, I'm not a kid who doesn't understand anything."
"Don't treat me like a child who only seeks asylum, okay?"
Su Mu hugged Tong Yan, buried his head on her shoulder and choked: "I couldn't see you at that time, and I kept wondering if you would be hurt and if you were scared, but I didn't know anything in the city."
Yan, I'm also worried that you want to protect you, don't always think that I will drag you down, don't say don't let me follow..."
...Is that so?
"In the worst case, if they want to arrest you, just push me out and run away."
"...Like a fool."
…
That night, Tong Yan and the others did not eat, chat, take a bath and sleep as usual. Instead, they teamed up and came to the gate of a luxurious mansion.
The people from Qingdao pointed to the mansion in front of them and asked Tong Yan: "Do you see anything unusual about this mansion?"
Tong Yan solemnly looked around, frowned and said, "This mansion... there is a big moon in the sky. It is not suitable for stealing tonight."
"Who told you to say this!"
Su Mu snickered on the side and glanced at the round moon, thinking that tonight was the fifteenth day, so the moon was naturally big and round.
"Little girl, you are teasing an old man." said the man from Qingtang Road angrily, "I asked you if you can feel the resentment and yin energy in this house."
Tong Yan shook his head, "It looks no different from other houses."
"Why, there is no difference. This house is unusual. In the past few days, the owner here has been paying a lot of money to seek experts to exorcise ghosts for them. I happened to see it, so I planned to take this opportunity to test whether you really have the ability to exorcise ghosts.
The power of the spirit.”
"You...you mean there are...there are ghosts in this yard?!" Tong Yan felt that his legs were a little weak.
The man who cleared the channel glanced at her and said, "What are you afraid of? I have never seen such a poor thing. I can't protect you little ones even if I'm here."
Whether you can protect her or not and whether she is afraid are two different things, okay?
Even though he was scolded for his childish words, Li Ran dared to show his guilt, and he showed a respectful expression on his face, as if he trusted his master.
"With my uncle here, he can naturally protect us."
Su Mu acted ignorant and fearless, calmly comforting Tong Yan who ran up to him at some point and held his arm.
The four of them didn't wait long at the door before a servant opened the door and led them in.
Both sides of the road to the lobby were lined with lanterns. This place that should have been very popular felt strangely uninhabited and desolate.
After a while, I walked to the front hall, and there were servants standing inside and outside the room. Their pale faces were filled with unknown fear and terror. There were obviously about twenty people here, but the scene was so silent that it made people feel heartbroken.
The depressing atmosphere was not relieved until they entered.
Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang hurriedly came to greet her, "Taoist Priest, you are almost here. What should you do now? She will be here in another quarter of an hour!"
"Taoist Master, you have to save us!"
The channel clearer didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point: "Are you ready with what Pindao asked you to prepare?"
"Okay, okay, they're all in the backyard, we'll take you there right now."
The crowd all moved from the front hall to the backyard.
The yard is hung with yellow charms and bells, and an altar is placed in the center. At first glance, it looks like the same thing.
In front of the altar where people were walking in the clear channel, he picked up the mahogany sword and made a few gestures. Tong Yan became nervous and went over to grab his sleeve.
"Taoist Priest, do you have any kind of talisman that can prevent ghosts from getting close to you? Any kind of ghost exorcism talisman or soul-suppressing talisman can be used." She was so scared. As a child, she would not dare to watch any horror movies.
The person watching, now wants her to experience the live version.
Tong Yan said, I really can’t do it!
"No! Go away, go away, don't hinder the poor Taoist from doing his business." Qing Guangchang blew his beard and glared, thinking that even the emperor asked him to be a master of exorcism. Since he was not trusted by this little girl, he was really angry.
"Taoist priest, it's not that I don't trust you, no, no, I very much believe in your strong ghost-catching ability, but I don't want to cause you trouble and disrupt the rhythm of your spells because of my timidity, so give me a few
Is Zhang Bao Ming's talisman good? Is it good?" Tong Yan became more and more pitiful as he talked about it, and almost cried when he showed it to him.
Unable to do so, the channel clearer had no choice but to take out a few talismans from his arms and throw them to Tong Yan, "Take it, take it!"
Tong Yan almost jumped up with joy. After thanking her repeatedly, she quickly gave it to Su Mu and Li Ran.
Other people in the house were also jealous of this talisman, but no one dared to ask the channel person for it. Didn't they see that the master and his wife just took a step forward and were stared back before they could say anything.
The people in Qingtang Channel began to recite the incantation, but within a few breaths, a strong wind blew up in the courtyard, and dark clouds came over them, blocking the moonlight.
At this time, a woman's intermittent crying could be heard faintly in the house.
Tong Yan clenched the talisman paper in his hand, the sweat on his palms making the paper wet.
What should I do if she runs away? She shouldn't be here T﹏T
The longer the time went on, the louder the crying became. From a low cry to a shrill scream, other people in the yard huddled together in fear, while Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang were protected by the servants holding knives in the crowd.
This knife was an old knife that the master spent a lot of money to bring back from the military camp.
A knife that has killed people is said to have strong evil spirits and can suppress evil and drive away evil spirits.
At this time, the wind in the yard subsided, and a red shadow flashed under the eaves opposite, exposed to everyone.
A cold voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears: "The wind in the suburbs is so cold~"
"Who will accompany me~"
"Ah!!!" the servant girl's voice screamed.
The child's words stuck in his throat did not come out, and he closed his eyes tightly without even looking.
My mind kept telling me that I didn’t see anything, I didn’t see anything, I didn’t see anything.
Su Mu was also very scared, but he noticed Tong Yan's trembling body and hugged her quickly.
"Taoist Priest, take action quickly, Yanyan is afraid."
Su Mu, you know it, why do you say it? She doesn't want to lose face!