When the first rooster crow sounded, the sky above Wenhe County was still like a blue-gray gauze curtain, and the streets and markets were deserted.
In the inn, the little servant boy was awakened by the rustling sound.
He rubbed his eyes and muttered: "Sir, it's only been a few days and you're going out to pay homage to Wenqi again?"
The young man who was packing his luggage said calmly: "No, I plan to leave Wenhe County today and go home."
The little servant boy said "Ah" and sat up with surprise on his face: "Master, are you finally ready to go back home? That's great. This small county in Jiannan Road is so boring. How can it be compared to our Jiangnan Road."
The young man smiled and said: "What do you know? As the saying goes, the mountain is no longer high, but there are immortals and spirits. This Wenhe County is the birthplace of the world's Wen Zong Xu Wentai and Xu Gong. It has outstanding people and has its own literary spirit. Don't stick to the surface."
The little servant boy curled his lips and murmured in a low voice: "It's so amazing that everyone in this county can be admitted to the top of the imperial examination."
"You stupid servant boy, what are you talking about behind your back?"
"Hee hee, I am praying to heaven. My son's trip to Wenhe County will definitely attract enough literary energy to sweep away the bad luck of not winning for three consecutive years, and he will be named on the gold list next spring!"
"After leaving the house, you are really becoming more and more unruly. How dare you make fun of your young master and ask for a beating!"
The master and servant packed up their belongings and walked out of the inn talking and laughing.
When he reached the corner of the street, the young man stopped and looked at the tall mansion not far away. He straightened his clothes, patted the sleeves of his robe, and bowed his hands to the bottom.
"Although I couldn't get a glimpse of Xu Gong's style, I may have benefited a lot from being close to the hometown of sages. My students, Jiangnan Road, Yangzhou Prefecture, and Liu Linghe, said goodbye here."
The sky was not bright yet, and the morning fog suddenly rose and drifted across the street.
A burst of laughter sounded from the fog.
"Wuna Scholar, have you ever had breakfast?"
Liu Linghe turned around.
I saw a strong man wearing a bamboo hat and soap boots, with a big belly and a round waist, and a height of more than nine feet, walking slowly out of the morning mist.
"Thank you for your concern. My servant and I have already eaten the pancakes."
Liu Linghe bowed respectfully and said, "I don't know what to call you?"
"Someone, Bai Yu."
Bai Yu stretched out his hand to lower the edge of his hat, and his eyes wandered back and forth on Liu Linghe: "I haven't had breakfast yet. Judging from the scholar's extraordinary appearance, strong body, rosy complexion, white skin and tender flesh, he must not be a local, right?"
Liu Linghe gave another salute: "My eyes are as bright as a torch, and I can tell you the truth, my student is from Jiangnan..."
Before the word "Shi" could be written, Liu Linghe quickly took out an ink stand with yellow talisman paper pasted on it from his arms and threw it at the man opposite.
Bai Yu lifted up his bamboo hat, and a trace of surprise appeared on his strange face covered with purple pimples.
Snapped!
The ink platform hit Bai Yu's forehead, fell to the ground, and broke into pieces.
There was only a thin wisp of smoke coming out of the yellow talisman with the word "軻" written on it, and it quickly withered away without even giving off the light of fire.
It was only then that Liu Linghe became a little panicked. He grabbed the stunned servant boy, turned around and ran away.
"Qing'er, run away, he is not human!"
Bai Yu touched his forehead, and there was amusement in his green eyes: "He is a scholar with quite a keen eye and courage. He looks more and more delicious. It's a pity that I am such a lonely ghost, just a mere wanderer. The slightest taboo can scare you away."
His face suddenly swelled to both sides, and a long, bright red tongue full of mucus spurted out of his mouth and shot toward the fleeing Liu Linghe.
His tongue was like lightning, and he flew across half of the street in the blink of an eye.
The tip of his forked tongue, covered with sharp barbs, was only half a foot away from Liu Linghe's neck.
"Huh?"
Bai Yu was suddenly startled, and his green eyes narrowed to a slit: "He has a refined temperament... This person actually has the luck to be an official in the world, which is a good thing."
He salivated, hesitated again and again, and finally sighed.
"I promised Mr. Pingjiang not to eat this kind of people anymore. That's all, that servant boy looks delicious."
The long tongue avoided Liu Linghe, turned sharply down, and wrapped around the little servant boy's neck.
call out!
The little servant named Qingnu covered his neck and flew out.
Liu Linghe, who was pulled to the ground, hurriedly got up and turned around to see the weirdo opening his bloody mouth and swallowing the young slave whole.
"Qinger!"
Liu Linghe shouted sadly: "Monster, let him go quickly! Someone is coming! There is a monster!"
Bai Yu rolled up his terrifying long tongue and burped, and a croaking sound like a frog's croaking sounded from the bottom of his belly.
He looked at Liu Linghe playfully, sneered, and walked away.
Just as Liu Linghe fell into despair, a vague figure appeared on the far side of the mist, followed by a deep voice.
"What's going on here?"
Liu Linghe looked intently and saw a tall, thin young man with slightly curly hair walking out of the morning mist, holding a food basket in his hand. He was staring at him with confusion on his face.
Judging from his appearance, he looks like a servant.
"My little servant boy has been captured! Please ask this righteous man to take me to report to the official." Liu Linghe's eyes were red and he crossed his hands and said.
The intestine slave had a strange look on his face: "You actually robbed a boy in broad daylight? It's really unreasonable! Sir, don't panic, I will take you right away..."
When the words came to his lips, he suddenly paused.
But Changnu remembered the allusion that Master Yichen read to him the day before yesterday, about the famous general Wang Chenghu of the former dynasty who hunted down thieves when he was a boy.
When General Wang didn't get rich, he was just a tenant, and his situation was similar to his own.
Besides, it's so early and the government office hasn't opened yet.
Suddenly, a rush of blood surged up from my heart.
"Don't panic, sir, I'll help you chase him!"
The intestine slave's eyes were firm and he ran forward without saying a word.
Liu Linghe was stunned for a moment, then realized and stamped his feet anxiously: "Don't go! That's a monster!"
After running for a while in the morning mist, the intestine slave vaguely heard the word "monster" and his heart trembled.
Soon enough, a bright red strange tongue as long as a giant python jumped out of the mist, wrapped around the waist of the intestinal slave, and rolled it over with a hiss.
Snapped!
Food baskets were scattered all over the floor.
The intestinal slave's eyes widened, his face turned as white as paper, and he stared in horror at the bloody mouth that was getting closer and closer.
After a while, the weirdo touched his swollen belly, put on his hat again, and showed a satisfied expression.
"Two slaves are worth a scholar who has the protection of official career. I don't break my promise."
…
Xu Mansion House.
Under the gray sky, the white-robed monk stood by the window, with a calm face and deep eyes.
In the air, a line of small black characters floated up.
'...There was a slave from the Xu family, named the Intestinal Slave. Seeing an injustice on the road, he chased the thief bravely. Who would have thought that the other party was actually a monster, and the Intestinal Slave was also swallowed by the monster...'
"Finally it showed up."
Zhou Yi said to himself.
After learning about the strange things happening in Wenhe County, he made up his mind.
Even if you practice walking on Qingyun, it will only be within the scope of Xu Mansion. Don't take more than half a step to death.
He knew in his heart that most of the strange events that did not appear in the small black letters were related to monsters and ghosts.
He has not yet returned to secular life, nor has his hair grown, so the threat of killing the monk still exists.
Fortunately, the order to kill monks only comes from monsters and ghosts outside the world.
As long as you keep a low profile and avoid cause and effect, there shouldn't be much of a problem in the short term.
Unexpectedly, he casually said yesterday, "Xu Mansion's breakfast is a bit boring."
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
The intestinal slave actually got up early and went out to buy breakfast for him.
"Why are you so kind to me? I'll be eaten by monsters now. I'll never be a general again. You're stupid..."
Zhou Yi clasped his hands together and whispered the Buddha's name. He was silent for a long time and sighed softly.
"...So, don't be so reckless next time."
Wow!
The white robe floats up.
Like a snow-white cloud, it flew out of the window, then rose rapidly and disappeared in front of the small building in the blink of an eye.
These days, Zhou Yi often turned into a fleeting figure in the afternoon, wandering among the pavilions and pavilions of the Xu Mansion and among the rockery pines and cypresses. While digesting his food, he also watched the customs of the Xu Mansion from another angle.
Or in the middle of the night, with a slight tap on your shoes, you can jump up to the height of seventeen or eighteen floors. Far away from the hustle and bustle of the earth, you can overlook the various night scenes of Wenhe County, and take a look at the maid Xiangzhu who loves nightlife too much.
But at this moment, Zhou Yi was flying in the air, wrapping his head in a cloth, his eyes particularly solemn.
"Of course it would be best if you could scare the monster and vomit out his intestines..."
"If it doesn't work, if you don't hit a single blow, retreat at full speed..."
"Remember, don't expose it! Don't expose it! Again, don't expose the fact that you are bald!"
In mid-air, Zhou Yi spread his arms, like a snow crane flapping its feathers in the wind.
Keep reminding yourself.
He only has the power of a sword, and he is a monk who cannot tolerate monsters.
Regardless of success or failure, he will flee the scene as soon as possible.
"Dong dong...dong dong..."
Deep inside the body, Jianwan suddenly started beating violently.
"Amitabha?"
Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.
Naturally, he still remembered how impatient Jianwan was before the killing that night.
…
At the end of the long street, wisps of white mist floated out from under the robe of the strange man in a bamboo hat.
When it passed over the houses, trees, and stone pillars on both sides, it actually left a thick layer of frost, which was obviously very cold.
"I don't know how my brother is doing in the village."
Bai Yu touched his belly and stretched out.
Under the gray sky, on the quiet street, a low sound of breaking wind suddenly came.
There was a strange color in Bai Yu's emerald green eyes, and he murmured playfully: "There are knights in this small county? Are you here to meddle in other people's business before dawn..."
Before he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed.
There was a solemn look in his eyes.
Then came surprise, shock, horror...
His forehead, which was covered with purple pimples and pustules, was covered with sweat. His face was extremely frightened, and his entire face began to become distorted and deformed.
"This...this...this is..."
A wisp of Taoist rhyme containing mysteries and mysteries was born out of thin air and was hanging high above his head.
In the blink of an eye, the rhyme has grown hundreds of times.
Like a sword hanging from the sky, with one strike, the mountains and rivers are shattered and the earth is flat.
Not to mention that I am just a monster.
"No...don't kill me..."
Bai Yu was under overwhelming pressure, his face was full of despair, his mood collapsed, and he lay prone on the ground.
He never expected that on his last foraging trip in Wenhe County, he would provoke an expert who was nothing less than a legendary immortal on earth.
What made him feel even more chilling was...
This expert didn't know what his thoughts were, but he actually chose to sneak attack from behind to deal with a demon named himself by the county master!