At this time, someone among the onlookers recognized Li Chuan and said, "Li Xiucai, it's you! I heard that you were also present when the Taoist priest performed the ritual yesterday?"
Then someone added: "Li Xiucai was invited by a Taoist priest to help him catch monsters. The Taoist priest said that since Li Xiucai has a body of pure Yang and is protected by literary luck, ordinary monsters and ghosts cannot get close to him!"
Someone else said: "Looks like this is a rooster turning into a monster again!"
Li Chuan took advantage of the situation and learned a few words from Taoist Wen, "Yesterday Taoist Master told me that some demons and ghosts do not directly reveal their true bodies when they worship, but quietly erode their luck in the dark, causing unrest in the house. , resentment abounds.”
"It must be the cock spirit," said an old man in the crowd: "Carpenter Liu, we usually ask you to do work. You use solid materials and don't care about money. Why do you insist on killing people just because you lost the chicken?" ?”
Another middle-aged onlooker also echoed: "That's right, it's definitely a monster. You are the same, Boss Wang. Having a baby in the family is a happy event. If you don't want the peace of the family, why would you choose the neighbor's chicken?"
At this time, Liu was already upset that he was too impulsive. He felt that he must have been influenced by the chicken demon to do such an irrational thing.
So he took the initiative to walk up to Wang and said, "I was impulsive just now. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that you stole my chicken without evidence."
Wang also felt very regretful. After reaching the steps, he went down the stairs and said, "I am also confused. You can't tie the rooster's mouth when it crows. Alas, my child cries non-stop at night." Stop, every time I finally fall asleep, I wake up again when the chicken crows. This whole day and night, I really don’t know what to do, so I turn my anger on your chicken. But stealing chickens is something I will never do. Can’t do it.”
Liu said: "I understand, I understand. My son also cried night after night when he was a child, no matter how much he was coaxed, it would not work."
Seeing that the misunderstanding between the two was resolved, Li Chuan turned around and wanted to leave with the pig's feet in hand, but he didn't expect someone to pull his sleeve.
Looking back, I saw it was Liu.
Liu said: "Li Xiucai, you are my lifesaver. I want to thank you properly. Can you please have dinner at my house tonight and stay one night?"
Before Li Chuan could answer, Wang also said, "Li Xiucai, if it weren't for you today, I would have died here. I must repay you for this life-saving grace. Please come and stay at my house tonight."
Are you using him as a town house?
It's always nice to have someone in charge of dinner anyway.
After this dispute ended, Li Chuan's reputation improved in Yunqiao Township. Everyone said that Li Xiucai understood the truth, was good at dealing with things, and could manage the house.
As a result, Li Chuan gained the title of a talented scholar.
If any family in the village feels that the house is uneasy or suspicious of a ghost, or if there is a happy event after moving to a new home, they will invite him to stay for a night. Li Chuan didn't ask for any money, as long as he was entertained with good wine and good food.
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When Li Chuan got up this morning and washed his face, he felt that his face had a little more flesh and his complexion looked much better.
My strength seems to be stronger.
They are all earned through hard work, eating and drinking.
He turned around and walked out of the backyard, looking at his field from a distance.
The life has finally settled down.
When this year is over, I will rent out the land, ask Yuanwai Zhang for help, and go to the city to find a job.
When I have free time, I will study "The Classic of Patterns".
Although Daozhang Wen told him bluntly that he had no chance to meet the path of immortality, these days, he felt that "The Classic of Patterns" was still very useful. For example, his broken iron pot that had been repaired with leaves was now not only The water is no longer leaking, and the cooked food is particularly delicious. The impurities are filtered out and the original flavor is enhanced.
Later, he followed the idea of patching holes and patched up all the damaged areas in his home. Of course, this time, he did not use leaves, but normal materials. After patching, although he couldn't tell what had changed, But it's very comfortable to live there, and I don't even feel sleepy when I'm reading.
No wonder the descendants of "The Classic of Patterns" can live over 80 years old.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a pile of straw falling unnaturally in the rice field not far away. Then, he saw a big bald rooster striding towards him.
The more Li Chuan looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
Gong Er!
That's right, even though he was bald, Li Chuan still recognized it, it was Gong Er!
When Gong Er got closer, Li Chuan saw a crab lying on his body with an almost broken shell.
It's the other three!
In the blink of an eye, Gong Er stood in front of Li Chuan. He shook his wings and shouted miserably: "Scholar, save the third brother! Save the third brother!"
"Brother Gong, don't panic," Li Chuan quickly glanced around to make sure no one was around and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
With that said, Li Chuan took Gong Er to the yard.
He used the sunlight to carefully examine the appearance of Gong Er and Pang San.
The second male was seriously injured. Not only was his hair bald, his left wing was hanging awkwardly, several of his claws were broken, and there were clusters of blood stains on his body.
The other three people couldn't tell whether they were dead or alive at all.
Li Chuan was horrified and asked: "Brother Gong, didn't you go to Xuanshui Mountain to find King Black Horn? How come it looks like this?"
Gong Er said: "It's the monsters on Xuanshui Mountain who harmed us!"
Under Gong Er's narration, Li Chuan clarified what happened before and after.
After Gong Er and Pang San separated from Li Chuan, the two demons went to Xuanshui Mountain. However, because they went empty-handed, King Black Horn did not receive them. He just asked a steward to separate them and organize them into a small team. I went to mine and said that when I accumulated enough contribution points, I would be able to learn the exercises.
The second one is in the seventh team, and the third one is in the sixteenth team.
After Mr. Er had been digging for more than half a month, he finally had a rest. He went to look for Pang San, but Pang San was missing. In addition, no one in Team 16 said they knew who Pang San was. Yaguchi denied that Pang San was included in their team.
So Gong Er went to find the tiger demon who was in charge of them, and the tiger demon also insisted that Gong Er came to Xuanshui Mountain alone at that time, and there was no one else.
Gong Er knew that something must have happened to Pang San, and that he was already in danger.
He pretended to go back to the cave where he was resting, and when the other monsters weren't paying attention, he sneaked out again.
As soon as he hid himself, he saw the tiger demon in charge coming over with two little monsters. The tiger demon told the two little monsters to attack him tonight and make them quieter.
Gonger knew that he didn't have much time.
But he wants to find the next three. He was the one who brought Pang San to Xuanshui Mountain, so he must take Pang San away, regardless of life or death.
He searched in the mine for a long time. It was very dark in the mine at night. Occasionally, the moonlight passed through the twists and turns and cast a shadow. He did not dare to call out Pang San's name. He could only follow his memory and walk all the way. Search all the way.
Fortunately, before dawn, he finally found Pang San in a low puddle, and Pang San was still breathing.
There are many levels on Xuanshui Mountain, which are guarded by monsters, and there are also hawk monsters patrolling in mid-air.
Male Er doesn't know magic, can't change, and can't fly. He's just a chicken demon with more strength than ordinary roosters.
The only good thing is that the tiger demon's behavior was out of selfishness. He couldn't mobilize all the little demons to go to the public in a big way.
Moreover, Xuanshui Mountain is big enough.
