Facing the sudden appearance of Yumu Boy, everyone subconsciously took a step back and put Mr. Bai in front.
Mr. Bai also didn't expect that the monster causing trouble in Zhao Mansion was such a boy.
At this time, the five children whose buttocks had been spanked by Zhao Yuanwai were all looking at the Yumu boy excitedly.
"It's a fool. It turns out it's a fool who is helping us."
"Idiot, run quickly, you will be spanked if you are caught!"
These children were very loyal, and they didn't forget to remind Yumu Boy to run away even though they were already in trouble.
When Zhao Yuanwai heard this, he was furious and wanted to beat a few more children.
Seeing this, Yumu Boy immediately bared his teeth at Member Zhao.
Member Zhao was startled and did not dare to go any further. He hid behind Mr. Bai:
"Mr. Bai, hurry up, subdue the monster and kill this monster!"
Others also spoke quickly, asking Mr. Bai to take action.
Mr. Bai is a little strange. He knows very well that he has no ability to subdue monsters.
But the monster was indeed caught. Looking at its stupid appearance, Mr. Bai had other ideas.
"what's your name?"
Facing Mr. Bai’s question, Yumu Boy touched Fang Fang’s head:
"Idiot, called idiot."
"Why did you want to harm the Zhao family?"
"Harming people... no harming people. I was born here. It was he who allowed me to be born."
As he said that, Yumu Tongzi stretched out his hand and pointed at Member Zhao.
Zhao Yuanwai was stunned and immediately refuted:
"That's nonsense, how could I let you be born here?"
Yumu boy tilted his head and looked at Member Zhao:
"You said it yourself. At that time, you were the same age as them."
As he said that, he pointed to the children who were being beaten.
When Zhao Yuanwai heard this, he thought it was Yumu Boy's nonsense and urged Mr. Bai to get rid of the demon.
Mr. Bai looked at Member Zhao:
"Executive member Zhao, you should think carefully about whether this matter has anything to do with you."
When Zhao heard this, he wanted to deny it, but when he thought that it had something to do with exorcism, he swallowed his words and started to reminisce.
The others also looked at him strangely, wondering what involvement Zhao had with this monster.
Seeing that Zhao Yuanwai seemed to be unable to remember, Yumu Boy pointed in the direction of the Zhao Mansion's backyard:
"If you don't study, you will be beaten. Tell me, be friends..."
After being reminded by Yumu Tongzi, Zhao Yuanwai finally remembered.
That happened when he was a child. Zhao Yuanwai was also naughty and did not study when he was a child. Whenever he was studying and had to make a fuss, his father would use vitex sticks to teach him how to behave.
After each beating, he would run to an elm tree in the backyard to complain.
Once, he said to the elm tree:
"Elm tree, elm tree, dad always says I have an elm head.
But I just don’t want to study and I can’t learn!
I dare not tell others, I can only tell you.
Hey~~ It would be great if you could become a human, and you would definitely not force me to study like adults..."
Recalling what happened when he was a child, Zhao Yuanwai looked at Yumu Boy with surprise in his eyes.
"No wonder I said that the elm tree at home disappeared later. It turns out that you really became a spirit..."
Yumu Boy said blankly:
"I turn into a human and look for you, but you can't see me. I look for children to play with, but you beat me."
Member Zhao: "..."
Seeing this, Mr. Bai curiously asked Zhao Yuanwai what happened.
Zhao Yuanwai sighed and explained the matter.
Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that the root of this matter was actually Zhao Yuanwai himself.
Speaking of which, it was Member Zhao who felt sorry for others.
People come to you as promised, but you can’t see them, and you still have nothing to do to spank your children...
"Ahem, I was indeed naughty when I was young, but it was completely unintentional. Who knew..."
At this point, Zhao Yuanwai felt frightened and pulled Mr. Bai's sleeve.
"Mr. Bai, please help me, I don't want to have anything to do with monsters.
And maybe it’s because of him that my little grandsons become stupid and can’t learn anything! "
Mr. Bai said: "I feel that the lack of learning among these young gentlemen has nothing to do with this elm tree spirit."
Everyone nodded unconsciously and thought so.
Zhao Yuanwai's face suddenly became a little uneasy, and he coughed dryly:
"Anyway, please help me get rid of this monster, Mr. Bai!"
Yumu Tongzi seemed to understand Zhao Yuanwai's determination. He was so dumb that tears shed from the corners of his eyes.
Zhao Yuanwai turned a blind eye to this and kept begging Mr. Bai to get rid of his evil deeds.
The female relatives in the mansion also saw the Yumu boy crying and wanted to ask for mercy, but they were afraid of Zhao Yuanwai and did not dare to speak.
However, the few children who had been beaten didn't care about being beaten more, and they all asked Grandpa not to hurt the Yumu boy.
But Zhao Yuanwai refused to listen and just wanted to get rid of this monster quickly.
Seeing this, Mr. Bai said:
"I think this boy is not bad in nature. Even if he was whipped, he only kicked people and did not harm anyone.
If Zhao Yuanwai doesn't want him to stay in the house, why not take him away by me? I wonder if Zhao Yuanwai would like that? "
"Yes, yes! Just take Mr. Bai away!"
Member Zhao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, fearing that Mr. Bai would regret it.
Mr. Bai stepped forward, walked to Yumu Boy, and stretched out his hand.
Yumu Tongzi seemed to understand, stretched out his hand, and took Mr. Bai's hand.
Mr. Bai held the Yumu boy and said with a smile:
"Since you will follow me from now on, I will give you a name.
You were born in the Zhao Mansion, so what if your surname is Zhao and your given name is Ruoyu? "
Yumu Boy nodded and accepted the name.
From then on, his name was Zhao Ruoyu.
When Zhao heard that the boy's surname was to be changed to Zhao, he was very reluctant, but Mr. Bai had already spoken, so he could not object anymore. He hesitated, but found no objection.
When several children saw that Zhao Ruoyu was leaving with Mr. Bai, they were reluctant to leave and stepped forward to say goodbye.
Zhao Ruo smiled foolishly and said goodbye to several friends.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bai, you won't let your hand go in vain this time. Later I will have someone transfer 500 shi of grain from the mansion to open a porridge shed to help the poor people!"
In the past two months, Zhao Yuanwai and others also knew that Mr. Bai did not seek fame and fortune, so they directly used this method as reward.
Mr. Bai readily agreed, and then took Zhao Ruoyu's hand and left.
On normal days, Zhao Yuanwai would definitely have left Mr. Bai to entertain him.
But now, he just wanted to send Zhao Ruoyu away quickly, so he didn't stay as a guest.
However, the children in the mansion were very reluctant to give up and wanted to send Zhao Ruoyu off again, but Zhao Ruoyu was stopped by someone outside the family.
He didn't want his children to have anything to do with monsters anymore.
Outside the Zhao Mansion, a sinister man watched Mr. Bai take away Zhao Ruoyu, and then returned to the City God's Temple to resume his life.
The Chenghuang Temple follows the principle of rewarding good and punishing evil, and the same applies to monsters and ghosts.
Zhao Ruoyu has never harmed anyone, he belongs to the category of neither good nor evil, and the City God's Temple will not pay much attention to him.
Mr. Bai took Zhao Ruoyu back home. When Mrs. Bai saw that he had brought a child back, she burst into tears and thought it was Mr. Bai's illegitimate child.
After Mr. Bai explained it, Mrs. Bai knew it was a monster and was a little scared.
But seeing Zhao Ruoyu looking stupid, he wasn't very scared anymore.
On the other hand, Bai Yao, a half-grown boy, was very happy to see Zhao Ruoyu. After finding out that he was a monster, he was even happier. He took Zhao Ruoyu to play in the backyard.
Bai Yao kept encouraging Zhao Ruoyu to show off his magic.
Zhao Ruoyu doesn't know many spells, they are all simple plant-based spells.
For example, the wooden top can rotate automatically, the shuttlecock will not fall to the ground, and the bamboo dragonfly will fly automatically.
Seeing this, Bai Yao's eyes lit up and told Zhao Ruoyu not to reveal that he knew magic.
After that, he took Zhao Ruoyu to play with his friends in the city.
Fight tops, kick shuttlecocks, and spin bamboo dragonflies with them...
Playing until the afternoon, Bai Yao successfully bullied a group of friends to tears and won a piece of cake that the friends were reluctant to eat.
After returning home, Mr. Bai found out about this.
Mr. Bai took action on the spot and severely punished Bai Yao so that he would not dare to cheat again.
After that, he took Bai Yao to his home to apologize and gave him a box of pastries to apologize...
This time Ye Ming did not go with him and stayed at Mr. Bai's house.
Zhao Ruoyu was also at home, and Mrs. Bai didn't dare to communicate with Zhao Ruoyu at first.
After saying a few words, I found that Zhao Ruoyu was quite pitiful. He couldn't even speak fluently and didn't seem very smart.
Madam Bai's sympathy was aroused, and she lowered her guard against Zhao Ruoyu a lot. She washed his face and asked him to go to Bai Yao's room to rest.
In fact, Zhao Ruoyu didn't need to rest, but he still lay down on the bed and fell asleep obediently.
After Mrs. Bai left the room, Ye Ming came in through the wall.
At this time, it maintained the appearance of the young General Ye Ming and came to Zhao Ruoyu.
Zhao Ruoyu opened his eyes and saw Ye Ming.
Recognizing him as the being who detained him during the day.
"It's you, catch me."
"I'm helping you."
"help me......"
Zhao Ruoyu didn't seem to understand, and kept the same posture of lying on the couch before Mrs. Bai left, looking very well-behaved.
Ye Ming realized that Zhao Ruoyu was indeed not smart and asked directly:
"Can you let me see the spells of your previous clones?"
When Zhao Ruoyu heard this, he first made a movement of thinking, and after thinking for a full stick of incense, he opened his mouth and exhaled a ball of air.
Ye Ming took the ball of energy and looked at the contents inside.
It is a spell called "Elm Leaf Splitting", which can divide itself into many parts and hide them in different people.
It's just that this is a spell that Zhao Ruoyu has practiced for many years, and it is perfectly adapted to the elm tree. The effect of other people's practice will be much worse.
Ye Ming read this method once and felt that it had many merits, so he accepted it.
"I'm not taking advantage of you in vain, I'll give you this."
Ye Ming took out the cowhide with the "Qing Niu Ginseng Tongqi" written on it and covered it on Zhao Ruoyu's head with a little cowhide.
The contents of the "Qingniu Ginseng Contract" were engraved in Zhao Ruoyu's mind.
Ye Ming put away the cowhide and was about to leave the room and find a quiet place to study the "elm leaf splitting method" when he saw Zhao Ruoyu shaking his head and shaking out the "Qingniu Ginseng Tongqi" method and dissipating it in the air.
Ye Ming:? ? ?
"What are you doing?"
"It's too difficult to learn."
Zhao Ruoyu said blankly.
"..."
"Qingniu Ginseng Tongqi" is really not difficult. This technique is all practiced through water milling. It is grinded out bit by bit. It requires perseverance but not talent.
I didn't expect that Zhao Ruoyu couldn't even learn this. His talent was too poor.
It's a shame that he was able to become an expert through cultivation. I don't know what kind of shitty luck he had.
Ye Ming tried to get him to memorize the "Zhengxuan Five Elements Technique" again, but the result was the same. He couldn't remember it at all, let alone learn it.
Now Ye Ming has no choice. This is the first time he has encountered someone with such poor qualifications. He is truly worthy of his name.
But I guess that weird beggar wouldn't do such a thing for nothing, he must have a purpose.
It was just that he couldn't figure out the person's intentions for the moment, so Ye Ming was not in a hurry. Anyway, judging from the person's current behavior, he probably had no ill intentions towards him.
Otherwise, I am afraid that I would have been doomed long ago. How could I be alive and kicking now?
After a while, Mr. Bai came back with a reluctant Bai Yao.
Bai Yao didn't care at all about sharing a room with Zhao Ruoyu, but found it interesting.
Ye Ming did not disturb the family. He found a corner to hide and began to study the "elm leaf splitting method".
This method is very simple, but it is performed in conjunction with the elm tree itself. If you want to modify it to suit your own use, it will take a lot of effort.
Fortunately, Ye Ming itself is just a ball of demonic energy, with no fixed form, and the adaptability requirements of the transformation method are also low, so it is not difficult.
Just like that, the night passed.
Early the next morning, the Bai family began to pack their things and prepare to move.
Ever since he realized that the Xu Kingdom would not last long, Mr. Bai made up his mind to give up his home in Fucheng and move his family to Laozhang Village.
Because Yanhua Prefecture's geographical location and prosperity determine that once the world is in chaos, this place will be a battleground for military strategists.
Mr. Bai didn't want his family to be involved in the war, so he chose to take action as the best option.
This trip will be accompanied by a group of militiamen, so there will be no big problem and we should be able to go back smoothly.
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